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William H. Ainsworth letter to Charles Ollier

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0005
Abstract

William Harrison Ainsworth letter to Charles Ollier, requesting that his friend make his earnest excuses to Lady [Catherine] Stanhope for refusing her invitation to "meet a few friends," as he is sure his friend was responsible for the invitation, and explaining that a long-standing engagement with [Henry] William Pickersgill prevents his accepting.

Dates: 1840 October 6
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Sir William Russell Flint letters to Kay Pickford

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0386
Abstract

The collection of letters written by Scottish watercolor artist Sir William Russell Flint (1880–1969) addressed to London-based artist and family friend, Kay Pickford.

Dates: 1946–1973
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Jean François Millet letter to "My Dear Ledouin"

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F1032
Abstract

Addressed to “Mon cher Ledouin,” French artist Jean François Millet wrote this letter from Barbizon, France, on August 27, 1868. The letter is framed with a portrait of the artist by Wyatt Eaton.

Dates: 1868 August 27
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

George Adolphus Storey papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0586
Abstract

The papers of George Adolphus Storey, R.A., prolific British painter and longtime teacher of perspective at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, include both published and unpublished books, poems, plays, fiction, essays, lectures, notes, sketches, inventories, diaries, and other personal writings. Also included are several items belonging to his daughter, Mary Gladys Storey, an actress well-known for her charitable work during World Wars I and II.

Dates: 1848-1946; Majority of material found within 1848-1919
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Jack B. Yeats letters to Elkin Mathews

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0348
Abstract

Letters from Jack B. Yeats to Elkin Mathews including one card from his sister Lily Yeats to Mathews.

Dates: [1906]-1920 and undated
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

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Names
Ainsworth, William Harrison, 1805-1882 1
Calderon, P. H. (Philip Hermogenes), 1833-1898 1
Cleveland, Catherine Lucy Wilhelmina Powlett, Duchess of, 1819-1901 1
Dulong, Jean Louis 1
Flint, W. Russell (William Russell), 1880-1969 1
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Gambart, Ernest, 1814-1902 1
Hodgson, J. E. (John Evan), 1831-1895 1
Leslie, George Dunlop, 1835-1921 1
Marks, Henry Stacy, 1829-1898 1
Mathews, Elkin, 1851-1921 1
Millet, Jean François, 1814-1875 1
Miss Gladys Storey’s Bovril Fund 1
Ollier, Charles, 1788-1859 1
Pickersgill, Henry William, 1782-1875 1
Ritchie, Anne Thackeray, 1837-1919 1
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain) 1
St. John’s Wood Clique 1
Storey, G. A. (George Adolphus), 1834-1919 1
Storey, Mary Gladys, 1886-1978 1
Walker, Frederick, 1840-1875 1
Wynfield, David Wilkie, 1837-1887 1
Yeames, William Frederick, 1835-1918 1
Yeats, Jack B. (Jack Butler), 1871-1957 1
Yeats, Lily, 1866-1949 1
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