Found 12 collections related to Clarke, Charles Cowden, 1787-1877

Sydney Smith, English author and wit. · To Charles Cowden Clarke, writer and public lecturer : 1 autograph letter signed : 6 Jul 1844 : (MISC 1326) : 1 page (single sheet) : from 56 Green St. : begins, "There are in all Countries fixed and regular absurdities whcih it is almost atheistical to call in question -- Such is the admiration of Sharkespeare in England ...". less

Charles Kingsley, English novelist, Church of England clergyman, and controversialist. · To William Allingham, poet : 1 autograph letter signed : 22 Aug 1863 : (MISC 1407) : from Eversley Rectory, Winchfield (embossed stationery); begins, "My pretty friend ..." Mounted in the album of Fifty-nine Autograph Letters to William Allingham. Shelved with bound manuscript volumes under "Allingham.". less

Thornton Leigh Hunt, English journalist. He was the eldest child of the poet, journalist, and critic Leigh Hunt. · Holograph library call slip signed : 3 Sep 1843 : (H'ANA 0084) : used at the British Museum; for Vasari's Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects (in Italian); and Lanzi's History of Painting in Italy. less

Dominic Charles Colnaghi, London art dealer. In 1825, he and his Italian-born father, Paul Colnaghi (by then a dealer of long standing), began trading as P. and D. Colnaghi & Co., the name by which the firm is still known. To Charles Cowden Clarke, writer and public lecturer : 1 autograph letter signed : no date : (S'ANA 0556) : answering a question about the Royal Academy of Arts prizes. Overwritten by Clarke : "An unerring authority I should say --- C.C.C.". less

Francis Clark, English silver-plate manufacturer. He was the father of Australian newspaper proprietor John Howard Clark (1830-1878). To Charles Cowden Clarke, writer and public lecturer : 1 autograph letter signed : 16 May 1845 : (S'ANA 0558) : with a report on an event surrounding the visit of "Mr. Jerrold.". less

Tom Taylor, English playwright and comic writer. · To William Allingham, poet : 2 items -- 1 autograph letter signed : "Monday" 30 May [no year] : (MISC 1414a) : 3 ¹/₂ pages (double sheet) : from 8, Richmond Terrace, Whitehall, London, S.W. (printed stationery) : begins, "Will you come dine with us . . . ." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 24 Nov [no year] : (MISC 1414b) : 4 pages (double sheet) : [no place] : begins, "The nuisance [?] that we administer . . . ." Both letters mounted in the album of Fifty-nine Autograph Letters to William Allingham. Shelved with bound manuscripts under "Allingham.". less

Charles Cowden Clarke, English writer and public lecturer. In his twenties he worked as a teacher at his father's school in Enfield, Middlesex. During this time Clarke befriended a young John Keats, and introduced him to the works of the great poets. He later moved to London, where he made many friends among the literary set, including William Hazlitt, Charles and Mary Lamb, and Leigh Hunt. Clarke held a long career as a public lecturer on literary subjects, and he and his wife Mary wrote many scholarly works on Shakespeare. · Two manuscript stories, within the Three Eastern Tales manuscript volume : ca. 1880 : in the hand of Mary Cowden Clarke. - "Gentleness is Power, or the Story of Carauza and Aborzuf" : (S'ANA 0178) : 53 leaves. - "The Story of the little Princess Narina and her silver-featherd shoes" : (S'ANA 0179) : 50 leaves. - In contemporary Italian vellum binding with gilt lettering. Shelved as *Pforz B-L 09. The third tale, "Mamillius's Story" (S'ANA 0180) is by Mary Cowden Clarke. less

Mary Cowden Clarke, English literary scholar and writer. · Holograph essay signed, in the form of a letter to the Editor of "The Illustrated London News" : 7 Nov 1895 : (S'ANA 0010) : 10 leaves, stitched together at top left corner : an article on John Keats, recalling her personal encounters with Keats at the home of her father, Vincent Novello, when Shelley was one of the company; also discussing Keats's poetry. less

The Leigh Hunt manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings and correspondence. The writings include: a holograph draft of his poem, "Jenny Kiss'd Me"; a holograph fragment of his preface to Shelley's Mask of Anarchy; and his address book circa the mid-1850s. The bulk of the correspondence is dated between 1817 and 1826 and discusses his experiences in Italy, including the death of Shelley; family matters; and publishing business. Correspondents include: the Irish poet William Allingham; the philosopher and reformer Jeremy Bentham; the writer and painter William Hazlitt; the writers Percy Bysshe and Mary Shelley; and over seventy others. less