Autograph letter signed from Sir David Wilkie, Kensington, to George Stuart Newton, Esq [manuscript], 22 November 1830.
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Autograph letter signed from Sir David Wilkie, Kensington, to George Stuart Newton, Esq [manuscript], 22 November 1830.
Description
3 items.
Associated name
Wilkie, David, Sir, 1785-1841, correspondent.
Newton, Gilbert Stuart, 1794-1835, artist.
Newton, Gilbert Stuart, 1794-1835, addressee.
Newton, Gilbert Stuart, 1794-1835, artist.
Newton, Gilbert Stuart, 1794-1835, addressee.
Scope and content
(1) Letter contains request for Newton to accompany WIlkie to a ball and dinner, also praises Newton's King Lear production; accompanied by (2) an ODNB entry on Sir David Wilkie as well as (3) a small reproduction of Wilkie's painting of Queen Victoria presiding at her first Council.
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Source of acquisition
Purchased from David J. Holmes Autographs, PO D8897.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England.
Item Details
Call number
Y.c.7353 (1-3)
Folger accession
269111