Found 10 collections related to Painters -- Great Britain -- 19th century -- Correspondence

Joseph Severn, English painter. · To Charles Armitage Brown, writer : 6 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 19 Sep 1821 : (S'ANA 0058) : 4 pages (double sheet made folio size by pasting two sheets together) : from Rome : begins, "I have got both your letters - the last 21 Aug.t came 19th instant ..."; including, "Why my dear Brown, what sad affair is this? I know not what to say in it - except this - that you are the only one to write Keats's memoir ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 26 Oct 1822 : (S'ANA 0059) : 4 pages (double sheet) : from Rome : begins, "Owing to my journey - and other unsettling [Bores?] - I have only just got your letter ..."; including, "I am just about putting up the grave stone to our Keats ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 21 Jan 1823 : (S'ANA 0060) : 4 pages (double sheet) : from Rome : begins, "I have just returned from the funeral of poor Shelley ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 27 Sep 1824 : (S'ANA 0061) : 3 ¹/₃ pages (double sheet) : from Lavinia : begins, "West is a hollow 'impfiddle' with never a string to his bow ..."; crosswritten on page 1. -- 1 autograph letter signed : 13 Jul 1836 : (S'ANA 0062) : 4 pages (double sheet) : from Rome : begins, "'Tis plain that the further we get apart, the nearer we draw together ..."; crosswritten on page 1. -- 1 autograph letter [signed] : 21 Aug 1838 : (S'ANA 0061) : 3 ¹/₄ pages (double sheet) : from 19 Brook St. : begins, "Such a lot of things, but above all the love of 'filthy luck' for I am beginning my 5th peiture here - have prevented me writing to you as I wanted ..."; signature cut away, causing near-complete loss of postscript on p. 4. less

Martin Archer Shee, Irish-born portrait painter and writer. · Holograph poem, "Lines addressed to my daughters, Anna, Mary and Eliza Archer Shee," signed : Nov 1839 : (SHEE 0051a) : 1 page (single sheet) : [no place] : begins, "Tis said on Mount Ida Minerva and Juno / With Venus of Old for an apple intended ..." Mounted in the Martin Archer Shee autograph album. Shelved with bound manuscripts under "Shee.". less

Edward Villiers Rippingille, English genre and portrait painter. · To Sir Francis Freeling, first baronet, postal administrator and book collector : 3 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 17 Feb 1820 : (MISC 4116) : 4 pages (double sheet) : from Bristol, no. 5 Lodge Street : begins, "I should have made you a reply to your kind friendly letter before but that I have for several days had a severe head ache ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : [watermark = 1823] : (MISC 4117) : 4 pages (double sheet) : [no place] : begins, "You will see by the paper I have taken the liberty to send you that I have finsihed the course of lectures I talked to you about ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 22 Apr [1830] : (MISC 4118) : 3 pages (double sheet) : from 22 Wellington Place, Bristol : begins, "My applications to you have been so condescendingly so kindly received that I flatter myself I may venture to approach you without an apology upon this occasion ...". less

William Jackson, English musician, painter, and author. · To "Dear Sir" : 1 autograph letter signed : 25 Jan 1802 : (O'ANA 0005) : from Exeter; begins, "I am glad that a little Bit of Raine [?] occasions my addressing myself to you that you may not forget that I am as yet in the Land of the living." Mounted in the grangerized copy of Brightwell's Memorials of the Life of Amelia Opie. Shelved with oversized bound manuscript volumes. less

George Cattermole, English watercolor painter and illustrator. To Lady Blessington, Irish-born writer and literary hostess : 1 autograph letter signed : "Monday" [ca. late 1830's-1840's] : (BLES 1.074) : from the Albany : begins, "Should you be in town to-morrow, and will honour me with a call, I shall be happy to submit the two drawings to your notice ..." Mounted in v. 1 of the Blessington Papers. Shelved with oversized bound manuscript volumes. less

John Bostock, English painter and draftsman. To Lady Blessington, Irish-born writer and literary hostess : 1 autograph letter third person : 30 Jan 1839 : (BLES 1.068) : from 21 Brazen-nose St., Manchester : regretting that he'd "neglected sending up Lady Gardner's portrait, more particularly as he has been paid for the drawing"; also promising portraits of Lady Charlotte and Mrs. Ashby. Mounted in v. 1 of the Blessington Papers. Shelved with oversized bound manuscript volumes. less

John Frederick Lewis, English painter of oriental subjects in watercolour and oil. To Anne Jackson Mathews, wife of comic actor Charles Mathews : 1 autograph letter signed : 3 Mar 1829 : (MISC 3539) : from 21 St. John's Wood Road : begins, "I have this moment seen Mrs. [D'Equine?], they have heard indirectly from James about a fortnight ago ...". less

William Hilton, English painter. To John Taylor, publisher and writer : 1 autograph letter signed : "Tuesday Morn." [ca. 1820] : (MISC 1375f) : [no place] : begins, "If the Doctor was less cruel to me I should not make so unreasonable a demand upon your good nature as to request you to come from home to day ...". less

John Hoppner, English portrait painter. · To Martin Archer Shee, portrait painter and writer : 1 autograph letter signed : [ca. 1800-1810?] : (SHEE 0001x) : 2 ¹/₂ pages (double sheet) : [no place] : begins, "Thou knowest my dear fellow what a great regard I have for thee (observe the artful arrangement of my speech) ...". less

Benjamin West, British painter of historical scenes. · To Sir Martin Archer Shee, portrait painter and writer : 1 autograph letter signed : 3 Feb 1805 : (SHEE 0001p) : 1 page (single sheet) : from Newman Street : begins, "Indisposition has confined me to my bedroom all the week . . . ." Formerly laid in to the Martin Archer Shee Autograph Album; now filed under "West" in the MISC Manuscripts file. less