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Pre-Raphaelite collection

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Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
C0181
Repository:
Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division
Extent:
  • 1 box
  • 0.2 linear feet
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Pre-Raphaelite Collection, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
Date:
1858-1931 (inclusive)
Creator:
Princeton University. Library. Special Collections
Form:
Letters.
Abstract:
Consists of letters written by members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and by individuals associated with or interested in this movement.

The collection consists of letters written by members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and by individuals associated with or interested in this movement. Included are letters by William Holman-Hunt, William Morris, Walter Theodore Watts-Dunton, William Sharp, Thomas Woolner, Frederick George Stephens, and Ford Maddox Brown.

A major addition to the collection consists of letters by Pre-Raphaelites divided into two groups: 1) letters to Vernon Lushington (1832-1912) and other Lushington family members; 2) letters to others. Letter writers include Edward C. Burne-Jones, William Holman Hunt, Frederic Leighton, John Everett Millais, Morris family members, Rossetti family members, John Ruskin, Alfred Tennyson, G. F. Wallis, and Thomas Woolmer.

Arranged by correspondent name.

The Lushington family additions were purchased with support from the Richard M. Ludwig Endowment established by Michael Spence, Class of 1966, in 2010.

Folder inventory added by Hilde Creager (2015) in 2012.

No appraisal information is available.

Subject

Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Date
2008
Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.

Collection Inventory

Helen Allingham to P.H. Hood, 1900 March 31. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

1 A.L.S. concerning Rosetti's drawings in her possessions. 1 notation, refers to a privately printed volume of William Allingham's.

Physical Description

1 folder

Walker Armstrong to "Sir", 1912 February 20. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

L.S. concerning a photograph of Alfred Stevens.

Physical Description

1 folder

Mackenzie Bell to John H. Ingram, 1895 November 19. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

1 A.L.S. requesting some information about Christina Rosetti.

Physical Description

1 folder

Ford Madox Brown to John H. Ingram, 1883 May 7. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

1 A.L.S. May 7 1883 wishing Ingram success with the newly published "Oliver" biography and thanking him for the dedication to Mrs. Brown and himself. "Oliver" refers to memorial volume on F.M. Brown's son, Oliver "Nolly" Madox Brown (AM12596) A.L.S. to James N. Lee, June 6 1887. A.L.S. to J. Barter, October 14 1858 (AM2012-53).

Physical Description

1 folder

Walter Deverell to Ford Madox Brown, undated. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

1 A.L.S. concerning an exhibition to be held at Edenborough, with envelope.

Physical Description

1 folder

W.T. Deverell to P.H. Hood, 1900. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

3 A.L.S. March 23, April 25, June 30 1900 regarding a portrait of his brother Walter Deverall.

Physical Description

1 folder

Thomas Gordon Haken MS of sonnet "In Remembrance of Nolly Brown.", 1883 April. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

William Holman Hunt to P.H. Hood, 1894 May 10. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

1 A.L.S. concerning the reproduction of a portrait in Holman Hunt's book.

Physical Description

1 folder

Marion Edith Holman Hunt to "Sir", 1922 March 15. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

2 A.L.S. one undated one written March 15 1922.

Physical Description

1 folder

William and Marion Edith Holman Hunt Clippings, 1896-1931. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

10 clippings relating to their deaths and Holman Hunt's art.

Physical Description

1 folder

Selwyn Image to Grant Richards, P.H. Hood, 1898-1927. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

1 A.L.S. to Richards October 7 1898 giving his opinion of a M.S. that had been sent for criticism. 1 A.L.S. to Hood January 6 1927 mentions photo of his bust, invites Hood to tea, discusses the death of John Leighton. 1 A.L.S. to Hood June 12 1927 thanks him for a portrait of "our dear Friend."

Physical Description

1 folder

George Layard to P.H. Hood, 1894 July 24. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

1 A.L.S. declining an invitation to lecture.

Physical Description

1 folder

May Morris to P.H. Hood, 1938 September 13. 2 folders.
Scope and Contents

2 A.Ls.S. One September 13 1938 thanks Hood for a photograph of her aunt's memorial. The other March 14 1926 from Kelmscott Manor thanking him for a photograph of William Morre's.

Physical Description

2 folders

William Morris to "Sir", undated. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

A.L.S. September 30 [no year given] from Kelmscott Manor asking to see the "Psalter."

Physical Description

1 folder

George K. Murray to Lady Ripon, 1894 June 12. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

A.L.S. discussing a book by "Dr. Hake."

Physical Description

1 folder

M. F. Prothero to Garnett Smith, undated. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

1 A.L.S. containing references to some Thackeray letters and to Lady Ritchie, Thackeray's daughter.

Physical Description

1 folder

Elizabeth Robertson to "Sir", 1926 February 3. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

1 A.L.S.

Physical Description

1 folder

Mary Sandys and Ruth Sandys to P.H. Hood, 1920-1921. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

2 A.Ls.S by Mary, 18 and 22 February 1920. 1 A.L.S. by Ruth, January 30 1921.

Physical Description

1 folder

William Sharp to "Gray", undated. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

A.L.S. discussing those who have the best collections of Pre-Raphaelite material.

Physical Description

1 folder

F.G. Stephens to P.H. Hood, 1895-1900. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

3 A.Ls.S. October 6 1895, March 5 and 7 1900.

Physical Description

1 folder

Wilhelmina Stirling to P.H. Hood, undated. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

1 L.S. thanking Hood for a picture of her sister and asking him to tea.

Physical Description

1 folder

Aymer Vallance to "Sir", 1900 September 22. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

1 A.L.S. answering a request that she address a group on William Morris.

Physical Description

1 folder

G.F. Watts to Robert Browning, 1866 May 13. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

1 A.L.S. arranging for a sitting.

Physical Description

1 folder

Theodore Watts-Dunton to John H. Ingram, 1883 July 25. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

1 A.L.S. refering to sonnets written by himself and D.G. Rosetti on the death of Nolly Brown.

Physical Description

1 folder

Alice Woolner to "Sir", 1892-1900. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

1 A.L.S. March 20 1900 stating what pictures she possesses and will lend. 2 A.L.S. Dec 31 1892 and March 9 1893 regarding the photographing of the figure "Puck."

Physical Description

1 folder

Amy Woolner to P.H. Hood, 1913-1926. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

5 A.L.S. from February 1913 to December 1926 pertaining to the disposition of her father's work and some literature about him.

Physical Description

1 folder

Thomas Woolner to "Sir", 1891 January 4. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Alfred Tennyson to Vernon Lushington, 1860 June 15. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

E.C. and Georgiana Burne-Jones to Vernon Lushington, 1893-1908. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

1 A.L.S. by E.C. 3 A.Ls.S. by Georgiana.

Physical Description

1 folder

Morris Family to Vernon Lushington, 1882-1907. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

1 A.L.S. by William, 2 A.Ls.S. by Jane, 1 A.L.S. by May.

Physical Description

1 folder

William Holman Hunt to Vernon Lushington, 1873-1884. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

4 A.Ls.S.

Physical Description

1 folder

Rosetti family to Lushington family, 1865-1870. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

5 A.Ls.S.

Physical Description

1 folder

G.F. Watts to Lushington Family, 1866 August 15. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

1 A.L.S.

Physical Description

1 folder

Thomas Woolner to Vernon Lushington, 1873-1879. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

2 A.Ls.S.

Physical Description

1 folder

E.C. Burne-Jones to Holmes, 1867 June 23. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

1 A.L.S.

Physical Description

1 folder

William Holman Hunt to persons other than Vernon Lushington, 1862 July 2-October 28. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

2 A.Ls.S.

Physical Description

1 folder

Frederic Leighton, undated. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

4 A.Ls.S.

Physical Description

1 folder

John Everett Millais, 1860. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

2 A.Ls.S.

Physical Description

1 folder

John Ruskin, 1882. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

2 A.Ls.S.

Physical Description

1 folder

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