Autograph letters signed from John Boydell to various people [manuscript], 1793-1804.
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Autograph letters signed from John Boydell to various people [manuscript], 1793-1804.
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5 items.
Associated name
Boydell, John, 1720-1804, correspondent.
Burke, Thomas, 1749-1815, addressee.
Anderson, John William, approximately 1736-1813, addressee.
Barker, George Hollington, -1802, addressee.
Hamilton, William, Sir, 1730-1803, addressee.
Burke, Thomas, 1749-1815, addressee.
Anderson, John William, approximately 1736-1813, addressee.
Barker, George Hollington, -1802, addressee.
Hamilton, William, Sir, 1730-1803, addressee.
Scope and content
Recipients: Sir John W. Anderson (1), George Hollington Barker (2-3), Thomas Burke (4) and Sir William Hamilton (5). The letters discuss his prints of certain paintings, including those of scenes from Shakespeare and how instrumental he had been in establishing an English school of engraving and an English school of historical painting. (1) is endorsed: "Concerning Boydell lottery." (4) consists of the bottom fragment of Burke's letter to Boydell, with Boydell's answer. (5) is endorsed: "Account of the Pictures presented by him to the Corporation of London for their Council Chamber."
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Exhibited
Y.c.255 (1, 4, 5) Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2007. Marketing Shakespeare.
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Y.c.255 (1-5)
Folger accession
cs238, 932, 1167, 380, 655