Johnsoniana; or, Supplement to Boswell: being anecdotes and sayings of Dr. Johnson, extra-illustrated, 1668-1866 (inclusive);, 1738-1836 (bulk). - View Resource - Social Networks and Archival Context

Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818

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Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (19 May 1744 – 17 November 1818) was Queen of Great Britain and Queen of Ireland as the wife of King George III. Charlotte was born into the royal family of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Charlotte was a patron of the arts and an amateur botanist who helped expand Kew Gardens. She introduced the Christmas tree to Britain, after decorating one for a Christmas party for children from Windsor in 1800. She was distressed by her husband's bouts of physical and mental illness,...

George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820

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George III was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. George's long life and reign were marked by a series of military conflicts involving his kingdoms, much of the rest of Europe, and places farther afield in Africa, the Americas and Asia. Early in his reign, Great Britain defeated France in the Seven Years' War, becoming the dominant European power in North America and India. However, many of Britain's American colonies were soon lost in the American War of Independence. Furt...

Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823

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John Philip Kemble (1 February 1757 – 26 February 1823) was a British actor. He was born into a theatrical family as the eldest son of Roger Kemble, actor-manager of a touring troupe. His elder sister Sarah Siddons achieved fame with him on the stage of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. His other siblings, Charles Kemble, Stephen Kemble, Ann Hatton, and Elizabeth Whitlock, also enjoyed success on the stage. He was manager of the Drury Lane and Covent Garden theatres in London, where his reforms ...

Edward VI, King of England, 1537-1553

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Edward VI (12 October 1537 – 6 July 1553) was King of England and Ireland from 28 January 1547 until his death in 1553. He was crowned on 20 February 1547 at the age of nine. Edward was the son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour and the first English monarch to be raised as a Protestant. During his reign, the realm was governed by a regency council because he never reached maturity. The council was first led by his uncle Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (1547–1549), and then by John Dudley, 1st ...

Mary I, Queen of England, 1516-1558

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Mary I (b. February 18, 1516 –d. November 17, 1558), also known as Mary Tudor, was the Queen of England and Ireland from July 1553 until her death. Mary was the only child of Henry VIII and his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, to survive to adulthood. Her younger half-brother Edward VI (son of Henry and Jane Seymour) succeeded their father as king in 1547 at the age of nine. When Edward became mortally ill in 1553, he attempted to remove Mary from the line of succession because he assumed she wo...

Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain)

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Founded 1826, largely at instigation of Lord Brougham. Society's aim was to diffuse knowledge by acting as agent between authors and publishers in commissioning series of treatises on specified topics. The earliest series, 'The Library of Useful Knowledge,' included many works on mathematics and related philosophy. From the description of Papers, 1829-1943. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77698903 ...

Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818

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Hastings was the first governor general of British India. He began in 1750 as a clerk at the East India Company. In 1761, he was appointed to the Calcutta Council, and in 1769, was made a member of the Madras Council. In 1771, he became governor of Bengal, and in 1774, governor general of India. In 1784, he resigned and returned to England, where he was charged with high crimes and misdemenears. He was impeached in 1787 but, after a long trial, was acquitted in 1795. He was made a privy councilo...

James I, King of England, 1566-1625

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James VI was born in Edinburgh Castle in 1566, the only son of Mary, Queen of Scots, and her second husband, Lord Darnley. As Mary was forced to abdicate shortly after his birth, he acceded to the Scottish throne as an infant and was brought up to be distanced from his mother. He was learned, taught by some of the best tutors available in the Scottish Humanist school, but also deeply superstitious, secretive and something of a misanthropist. He married Anne of Denmark in 1590, though ...

Macaulay, Catharine, 1731-1791

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British historian and radical political writer. From the description of History of England from the accession of James I to that of the Brunswick line : holograph, 1762-1763. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58760493 ...

Erskine, Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron, 1750-1823

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Thomas Erskine, first Baron Erskine, British lord chancellor. From the guide to the Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine manuscript material : 2 items, ca. 1820's-1823, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Erskine won fame for his defence work in many of the show trials of the 1790's and was considered England's greatest practicing advocate in libel and adultery litigation. From the description of Correspondence...

Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl, 1694-1773

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Born into the English aristocracy, the 4th Earl of Chesterfield had the family connections and wealth to live, in the words of the Dictionary of National Biography, as "politician, wit, and letter-writer." Upon the death of Queen Anne in 1714, his family connections enabled him to leave his life of travel and leisure to take up at the age of 20 what was the beginning of a fluctuating political career. Chesterfield was influential in government circles but the role of o...

Raphaël, 1483-1520

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Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (March 28 or April 6, 1483 – April 6, 1520), known as Raphael, was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of composition, and visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur. Together with Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, he forms the traditional trinity of great masters of that period. Raphael was enormously productive, running an unusually large workshop and, despite his early de...

Grey, Jane, Lady, 1537-1554

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Lady Jane Grey was an English noblewoman and de facto Queen of England and Ireland from 10 July until 19 July 1553. She was the great-granddaughter of Henry VII through his younger daughter Mary, and was a first cousin once removed of Edward VI. In May 1553, she married Lord Guildford Dudley. In June 1553, Edward VI wrote his will, nominating Jane and her male heirs as successors to the Crown because Jane was a committed Protestant and would support the reformed Church of England. After Edwar...

Hoole, John, 1727-1803

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Epithet: translator British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000789.0x000088 Epithet: of Add MS 28104 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000789.0x000086 John Hoole (1727-1803) translated works by Tasso, Metastasio and Ariosto into English verse. A friend of Samuel Johnson, Hoole kept a diary of Johnson's last day...

Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564

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Epithet: sculptor, painter, poet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000295.0x0002d2 ...

University of Oxford

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University of Oxford From the guide to the University of Oxford Musical Exercises, 1890, (Bodleian Library, University of Oxford) Not applicable. From the guide to the Typescript Theses, 1910-55, (Bodleian Library, University of Oxford) Rev. Samuel Myles graduated from Harvard College in 1684. From the description of Diploma : manuscript, 1693 July 14. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612804731 ...

Caesar, Julius

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Julius Caesar was born in 100 BCE. He rose to become one of the most powerful politicians in the Roman Republic through a number of his accomplishments, notably his victories in the Gallic Wars. During this time, Caesar became the first Roman general to cross both the English Channel and the Rhine River, when he built a bridge across the Rhine and crossed the Channel to invade Britain. Caesar's wars extended Rome's territory to Britain and past Gaul. The Senate ordered Caesar to step down from h...

University of Glasgow

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John J. Adam was a Scottish immigrant, member of Michigan legislature, holder of various state offices, regent and treasurer of the University of Michigan. From the description of [Diploma, granting to Ioannis Iohnstone Adam a degree in liberal arts] 1826 April 7. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34368441 John Baird Hunter was born in 1837 in Paisley, the son of an apothecary named William Hunter. Together with his older brother, William Munn Hunter...

Cooke, George

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Epithet: late of Old Ford, county Middlesex British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000445.0x000109 Epithet: Paymaster -General British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000445.0x00010c Epithet: engraver British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000386.0x000144 Epithet:...

Smith, Anker, 1759-1819

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Epithet: of Add MS 38728 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001305.0x000122 Engraver. From the description of Autograph signature to a receipt, 1787 Sept. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270664596 ...

J. H. Bell

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Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811

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Henry William Bunbury (1750-1811), English artist and caricaturist. He was highly regarded by Horace Walpole, who called Bunbury 'the second Hogarth'. From the description of Journey from Paris to Naples, 1769. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702201621 Bunbury was an English caricaturist, author and illustrator. From the description of Recruits : engraving, 1780. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754863288 ...

Arden, Lady

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Earlom, Richard, 1743-1822

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English mezzotint engraver. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Brayne's Row [London], to Josian Boydell, 1811 Mar. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270742765 ...

Lowry, Joseph Wilson, 1803-1879

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Epithet: engraver British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000630.0x00038a ...

John? Cook

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Heath, James

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Epithet: of Add MS 38728 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000303.0x000391 ...

Taylor, Isaac, 1829-1901

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Epithet: Rector of Settrington British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001151.0x000213 English philologist, son of Isaac Taylor (1787-1865). Taylor studied at Trinity College and Cambridge. The publication of his Words and Places (1864) made him known, but his publication of The Alphabet (1883), brought him a wide reputation. He published The Origin of the Aryans in 1890 and Names and their Histories in 1896. ...

Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777

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Epithet: Merchant of London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001242.0x0002a8 English dramatist and actor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to David Garrick, "Friday" 1768 June. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270530399 Epithet: of Add MS 12116 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001242.0x0002aa ...

J. Cole

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Payne, Thomas, 1719-1799

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Payne was a bookseller in London, England. From the description of Receipt, 1754 July 20, to Mr. Nourss. (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation). WorldCat record id: 9587774 Epithet: of Add MS 23817 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001300.0x0003e6 Epithet: of Add MS 32733 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001389.0x000002 ...

T. Simpson

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Ward, James

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Epithet: writer on foreign affairs British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000816.0x000200 Epithet: RA; of Add MS 40548 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000816.0x0001fe Epithet: engraver British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_10000000...

Pontius, Paulus, 1603-1658

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Flemish engraver, also known as Paulus Du Pont, known for his reproductive prints after Rubens. From the description of Reproductive prints after Peter Paul Rubens [graphic]. 1627-1638. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 85172333 ...

James Wills

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E. Stringer

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Caldwall, James, 1739-1819

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Epithet: engraver British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000560.0x0001c0 ...

Vertue, George, 1684-1756

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English engraver and antiquary. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to [Joseph] Ames, [no year] "Sept. 8 Monday." (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270584764 Epithet: of Sloane MS 4066 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000628.0x000157 ...

T. Philips

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Tomkins, Charles

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Epithet: of Add MS 39992 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000211.0x00030f Epithet: of Add MS 35795 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000211.0x00030e ...

William III, King of England, 1650-1702

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The letter was written before the Prince of Orange's ascension to the throne of England in 1689 along with his wife Mary, his first cousin whom he married in 1677. They served jointly on the English throne. He was born the Prince of Orange (the son of William II of Orange and Mary, Princess Royal of England) and at various times in his life also held titles as the Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel. From the description of [Letter] 1678 juil. 26, Honsl...

Young, John, 1820-1904

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Epithet: Secretary of the Artists' Benevolent Institution British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000574.0x00034a Epithet: Commissioner of Public Works in Canada 1851-2 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000574.0x00033a Epithet: junior, scale-maker British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ar...

Hancock, Robert

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Epithet: of Scredington British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001299.0x00018e Epithet: Captain of Poplar British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001149.0x00008d ...

D. Jenkins

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G. Miller

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J. Wood

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G. Gibbs

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Aristotle

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J. Smith

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Westall, Richard, 1765-1836

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Epithet: of Add MS 37880 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001295.0x00007d Historical painter, book illustrator, and instructor in painting and drawing. From the description of Letters, 1793-1825, n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78472289 English painter. From the description of Signature only from an autograph letter : [n.p.], to the President and Council of the Royal Academy,...

Richardson, Jonathan, 1694-1771

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Epithet: the younger; portrait painter British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001129.0x000308 Epithet: the elder, painter British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000265.0x00038f ...

Alexander Chalmers, 1759-1834

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Alexander Chalmers (1759-1834) was a biographer and miscellaneous writer. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography . From the guide to the Notebooks of Alexander Chalmers, 1810, (Bodleian Library, University of Oxford) ...

Ducarel, Andrew Coltee, 1713-1785

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G. Bentley

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T. Hooper

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Dickinson, William

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Epithet: alias 'Quip'; contributor to the magazine 'Bentley's Miscellany' British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000355.0x00039f Epithet: of Add MS 15553 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000355.0x0003a3 Epithet: late of the Ordnance Department British Library Archives and Manuscripts ...

Buckler, John, 1770-1851

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Epithet: of Add MS 40878 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000875.0x00005a ...

Freeman, Samuel

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Epithet: of Add MS 38730 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000301.0x000016 Epithet: engraver British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000301.0x000015 ...

Johann Caspar Lavater

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Epithet: of Add MS 18224 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000133.0x0000e8 ...

Storer, James

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Epithet: draughtsman and engraver British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001035.0x000379 ...

Oliver, Archer James, 1774-1842

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Epithet: ARA British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000543.0x00035e ...

Ellis, William A. (William Albert)

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Epithet: writer on agriculture British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000980.0x000229 Epithet: of Add MS 36996 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000980.0x000224 Epithet: of Add Ch 54669 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000980.0x00021d Epithet: Secretar...

J. Geremia

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Eton College

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Kelly, Thomas, 1966-

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Epithet: coach-painter, of Birmingham British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000509.0x000305 Epithet: Justice of the Common Pleas, Ireland British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000509.0x000306 Epithet: of the National Union of Life Assurance Agents British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:...

Sharp, William

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Epithet: Lieutenant; RN, of Ramsgate British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000878.0x00000d Epithet: of Stoniehill; Keeper of the Signet of Scotland British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000878.0x000016 Epithet: alias 'Fiona Macleod', writer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/...

Cooper, Samuel

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Epithet: of Add MS 32963 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000445.0x000277 Epithet: DD 1777 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000445.0x000274 Epithet: miniature painter British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000386.0x000297 Epithet: of Add MS 29171 ...

J. Bluck

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J. Baker

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Riley, John

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Epithet: of the West Marylebone Club British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001195.0x000121 ...

W. H. Brown

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Hodges, William

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Epithet: of Add MS 29165 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000626.0x000257 Epithet: of Add MS 33572 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000626.0x000259 Epithet: of Sloane MS 1968 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000626....

Romney, George, 1734-1802

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Epithet: of Add MS 38728 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001391.0x000203 English painter. From the description of Milton sketchbook [graphic] / George Romney. 1791 Oct. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78087218 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to his son, John, 1797 Apr. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270657308 From the description of Autograph letter...

Walker, John, 1939-

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John Walker was born 15 August 1785 at "Locust Grove" in King and Queen County, Virginia, to Humphrey Walker (1762-1820) and Frances Temple Walker (ca. 1760-1824). John Walker moved to Tennessee in the 1810s, before returning to King and Queen County in 1819. He became a successful planter, inheriting "Chatham Hill" from his mother's family. After the death of a brother, he also became owner of "Locust Grove." Walker married Margaret Shepherd (1804-1886), and they had 7 children. John Walker die...

Skene, James, 1775-1864

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Epithet: of Rubislaw, near Aberdeen British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001130.0x0001be Scottish landowner; linguist; patron of the arts. From the description of Papers, 1796-1833. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 32878767 Epithet: Lieutenant; RN British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001130.0x0001bd ...

Robinson, Henry

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Epithet: of Add MS 22548 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001302.0x00018c Epithet: merchant and writer on economics; d. circ 1664 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001302.0x00018b Epithet: of Monkton, county Kent British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Descr...

Maclise, Daniel

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Epithet: alias 'Alfred Croquis', RA British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000862.0x00013c ...

Stewart, Robert (Saxophonist)

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Epithet: of Tillieoutrie, Lord of Session British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000362.0x0003ac Epithet: of Add MS 36540 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001305.0x00018a Epithet: of Galashiels British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000362.0x0003a8 Epithet:...

Nollekens, Joseph, 1737-1823

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English sculptor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to "your Royal Highness", 1810 Dec. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270610478 From the description of Autograph letter in third person : Mortimer St. [London], to Mr. Minasi, 1809 Feb. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270609692 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to General Poulett, 1804 Aug. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270610477 From the descriptio...

Woodman, Richard

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Epithet: pianist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000975.0x0003cc ...

Britton, John (John Richard)

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Epithet: antiquary and topographer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000976.0x000218 Epithet: of Add MS 34567 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000987.0x0002a0 ...

Reading, Burnet

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Epithet: of Add MS 38728 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000877.0x00017b ...

Thomas Frye

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Hooper, Samuel, 1808-1875

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Epithet: American economist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000789.0x0000ba Massachusetts merchant and legislator. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Boston, to William Pitt Fessenden, 1864 Nov. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269523248 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Boston, to William Pitt Fessenden, [18]64 Aug. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 2695232...

A. Poggi

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Homer, ...

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Epithet: epic poet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000295.0x00002b ...

John Goldar

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Cook, Thomas

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Epithet: alias derman of London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000613.0x00032e Epithet: Smuggler British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000445.0x0000c9 Epithet: late of Codnor, yeoman British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000978.0x000076 Epithet: of Add ...

Hoppner, John, 1758-1810

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English portrait painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to Robert Graves, printseller, ca. 1808-1810. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269527043 From the description of Autograph letter (signature cut away but present) : [London], to Sir George Beaumont, Postmarked 1809. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269520091 John Hoppner, English portrait painter. From the guide to the John Hoppner manuscript material : 1 item, ca. 1800-181...

Cave, Edward

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Epithet: Editor of the ' Gentleman's Magazine ' British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001093.0x0003ab ...

I. Woods

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E. Graves

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Hogarth, William, 1697-1764

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William Hogarth was a British painter and engraver. From the description of Scrapbook, [ca. 1750-ca. 1820]. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 122370890 Epithet: RC Bishop of Hexham British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000626.0x00038e British painter and engraver. From the description of Draft manuscript, ca. 1753. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83983462 Epithet: fish...

Hudson, Thomas

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Epithet: son of B Hudson British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000866.0x000342 Epithet: Town Clerk of Manchester British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000866.0x000343 Epithet: grocer and songwriter British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000866.0x000341 ...

Angus, William

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Epithet: engraver of landscapes British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000295.0x000266 Epithet: of Add MS 38728 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001029.0x00019d ...

Roberts, James

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Epithet: Secretary, Burnley and District United Trades Council British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001195.0x000372 Epithet: Printer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001195.0x000371 Epithet: the elder, of Ballygiblin; tenant of the Perceval family British Library Archives and Manusc...

Highmore, Joseph

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Epithet: painter British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000568.0x00022b Epithet: portrait painter British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000568.0x00022c ...

Edwards, Edward, 1870-

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Epithet: Artist; of Add MS 35609 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000817.0x0003be Epithet: Artist; of Stowe MS 755 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000817.0x0003bf Epithet: Vice-Principal University College of Wales Aberystwyth British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc...

Behnes, William, 1794-1864

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English sculptor. From the description of Autograph letter in the third person : London, to Mrs. Smith, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270875629 Epithet: of Add MS 38728 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000987.0x0001e4 ...

Fittler, James, 1758-1835

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Engraver. Born in London. Studied at the Royal Academy. From the description of James Fittler letter, 1818 May 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122333459 ...

Daniell, William, 1769-1837

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English landscape painter and engraver. From the description of Autograph letter signed in third person, not signed : Cleveland St. [London], to Mr. Huggins, no year Apr. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270521357 Epithet: painter and engraver British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000205.0x000390 William's Daniell's A voyage round Great Britain, undertaken in the summer of the year 1813, and com...

Elmsley, Peter

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Epithet: Bookseller British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000980.0x00028d Epithet: of Add MS 32565 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001094.0x000141 Epithet: DD, Professor of Ancient History, Oxford British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055...

John Kirby.

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C. W. B.

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Wivell, Abraham, 1786-1849

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English painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Castle St. East [London], to an unidentified correspondent, [no year] Sept. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270586886 ...

Stuart, Gilbert

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Epithet: historian British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000571.0x0001e0 ...

Hone, Nathaniel, 1718-1784

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Epithet: Alderman of Dublin British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000703.0x000391 Epithet: painter British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000703.0x000392 ...

T. Blood

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Longman, Thomas Norton, 1849-1930

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Epithet: publisher British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000299.0x0000b3 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000569.0x0003e7 Epithet: publisher; of Add MS 42576 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000569.0x0003e8 Epithet: of Add MS 38730 British Library Ar...

Bromley, William

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Epithet: Sec of State British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x000167 Epithet: of Add MS 38728 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000629.0x0003a9 Epithet: of Add MS 37273 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000629.0x0003a8 Epithet: of Bagington ...

J. Cary

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R. Clamp

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Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774

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Irish author. From the description of AL : London, to Thomas Cadell, [ca. 1771]. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122645561 ...

Thurston, John

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Epithet: of Hoxne, county Suffolk British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000211.0x0000c6 Epithet: of Add MS 32484 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000211.0x0000c5 Epithet: of Stowe MS 146 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000...

Thane, John

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W. Cribb

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Sewell, John

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Epithet: LL.D; of Add MS 40359 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000800.0x00021e Epithet: bookseller British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001186.0x000137 Epithet: LL.D; of Add MS 38272 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_10000000...

Warren, Charles Turner

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Epithet: Engraver British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000816.0x00024a ...

Richardson, William, 1918-

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Epithet: Lieutenant British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001129.0x000366 Epithet: of Add MS 46924 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001129.0x000371 Epithet: MP British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001129.0x00036a Epithet: DD Rector of Moy Bri...

Kyte, Francis

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Epithet: of Add MS 38728 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000818.0x000021 ...

Hearne, Thomas

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Epithet: of Add MS 38180 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000303.0x000332 ...

Ravenhill

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Colburn, Henry

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Epithet: publisher British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000976.0x00012d Epithet: of Add MS 15945 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000987.0x0003b5 ...

Copley, John Singleton, 1st Baron Lyndhurst

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Title: 1st Baron Lyndhurst British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000295.0x000394 ...

T. Bragg

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J. Hughes

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Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel ˜deœ, 1547-1616

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Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, (born September 29?, 1547, Alcalá de Henares, Spain—died April 22, 1616, Madrid), was a Spanish novelist, playwright, and poet. He is the author of Don Quixote. Britannica (2 April 2018): https://www.britannica.com/biography/Miguel-de-Cervantes ...

Humphry, Ozias, 1742-1810

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English portrait painter. From the description of Autograph letter in third person, unsigned : [n.p.], to Dr. Taylor, [no year] Jan. 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269520038 From the description of Autograph letter in third person, not signed : [n.p.], to Sir John Macpherson, [n.d., after 1788?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269520024 From the description of Document not autograph : [London?], 1808 Jul. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269550512 Fro...

Cooper, Robert

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Epithet: of Add MS 32946 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000445.0x00026c Epithet: Reverend; of Kavanagh Park British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000445.0x000270 Epithet: of Sloane MS 796 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000445.0x00026f Epithet: of...

Lane, Richard James, 1800-1872

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Richard James Lane, lithographer and sculptor. From the description of Richard James Lane manuscript material : 7 items, 1854 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 698384042 English engraver and lithographer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Queen's Road [London], to J.P. Harley, 1850 July 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270597186 Epithet: ARA; lithographer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Pers...

Masquerier, John James, 1778-1855

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Epithet: painter British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001301.0x0001f6 ...

West, William Edward, 1788-1857

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Portrait and figure painter; London, England and New York, N.Y. From the description of William Edward West papers, [ca. 1818-1961]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122333473 ...

Euripides

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Epithet: playwright British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000299.0x000153 ...

Voltaire, 1694-1778

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French writer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to René Hérault, Lieutenant-general of the police in Paris, 1729 Apr. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872418 From the description of Autograph letter, dated : [n.p., Ferney?, n.d., ca. 1766?], to Gabriel Crammer, [n.d., ca. 1766?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873849 Voltaire, playwright. William F. Fleming, translator. Tom Fontana, adaptor. From the description of Catil...

S. Rawle

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T. Orde

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W. Suttaby

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G. W. Hutin

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Canaletto

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Murray, John

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Epithet: publisher, d1843 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000688.0x0002e6 Epithet: of Add MS 31910 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000985.0x0002a4 Epithet: Ambassador to Turkey (1765) British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000985.0x000298 Epithet: o...

Rodd, Thomas

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Epithet: senior; Bookseller British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001302.0x000370 Epithet: bookseller British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000349.0x0002fc Epithet: bookseller; of Egerton MS 3088 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_10...

Longhi, Giuseppe, 1766-1831

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Italian designer and engraver. From the description of Letters, ca. 1815-1829. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 82774723 Engraver. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Milan, to Signor Francesconi, 1807 Oct. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270590910 ...

Hoare, William, 1706-1799

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Epithet: courier of Southsea Hampshire British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000350.0x000263 Epithet: portrait painter British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000626.0x0000dc ...

Bird, Edward, 1772-1819

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Thomas Smiley was born in modern Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in 1759, the son of John Smiley and Anne Stuart. John and Thomas Smiley served in the Continental Army during the American Revolution, and both saw action at the Battle of Long Island. In 1808, Thomas Smiley moved to White Deer Hole Valley, Pennsylvania (now White Deer), where he established the area's first Baptist congregation. He and his wife, Nancy Tucker (d. 1838), had at least one son, John (1783-1822). Thomas Smil...

British Museum.

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Microfilms of British Museum class catalogues of manuscripts. The British Library, established in 1973, is now responsible for manuscript collections previously held by the library of the British Museum. From the guide to the Microfilms of British Museum class catalogues of manuscripts, 20th century, (University of Oxford, Bodleian Library) ...

Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834

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London publisher best known for his fine color plate books such as The Microcosm of London, and the monthly magazine The Repository of Arts. From the description of Autograph letter signed to Jane Porter. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 72823177 German art publisher and bookseller in London. From the guide to the Rudolph Ackermann letter to Stephen Elliot, 1822, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Rudolph Acke...

Daniel Dodd

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Montagu, Mrs. (Elizabeth), 1718-1800

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Elizabeth Montagu, née Robinson, English author and literary hostess. From the guide to the Elizabeth Montagu manuscript material : 1 item, ca. mid-18th century, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Elizabeth Robinson Montagu, an author and literary hostess, was a central figure in London's Bluestocking circle, and a friend of Samuel Johnson. Her best-known work was 1769's anonymously published An Essay on the Writings and ...

Northcote, James, 1746-1831

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Painter and author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Argylle Place, to Mr. Johnson, 1828. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270609771 From the description of The goose, the snake, and the nightingale : manuscript, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270612457 From the description of The rustic and the plutus : manuscript, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270612612 From the description of The Farmer and the Rat : manuscript, [n.d.]. (U...

Boswell, James Griffin

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Epithet: Representative of Dysart at the Convention of Scottish Boroughs British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000302.0x000355 Epithet: of Add MS 38226 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000302.0x000353 ...

Opie, John

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Epithet: RA British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000442.0x00000e ...

J. Johnson

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Holloway, Thomas

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Epithet: patent medicine vendor, of London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000703.0x0001e8 Epithet: of Add MS 35412 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000703.0x0001e6 Epithet: Lieutenant; RN British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vd...

Phillips, Thomas, 1801-1867

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Epithet: of the Union Bank of London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000243.0x000366 Epithet: of Add MS 38728 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000243.0x000364 Epithet: of Add MS 36033 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000243.0x000363 Epithet: of...

Hewitt.

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Thomson, Henry

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Epithet: of Add MS 12497 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001344.0x00019c Epithet: RA British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001344.0x00019f ...

Juvenal

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J. Dadley

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W. Rennie

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Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851

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J.M.W. Turner was an English artist and member of the Royal Academy. From the description of Brighton Cricket Ground [art original] [ca. 1824?]. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 58463878 Nationality: English. From the description of Rockets and Blue Lights (Close at Hand) to Warn Steamboats of Shoal Water [electronic resource]. 1840. (Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute). WorldCat record id: 222503272 British painter. Fr...

Prout, Samuel, 1783-1852

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English painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to R.H. Grundy, [no year] "Tuesday." (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270615711 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Brixton [London], to an unidentified correspondent, [no year] Mar. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270615728 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Brixton, to an unidentified recipient, [n.d., watermark of 1825]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 27061572...

Sherwin, William

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In his dedication Shewin refers to the fact that he has waited upon Sir James, Earl of Derby. Further information about his background is not known From the guide to the William Sherwin: Remarks upon Gilbert Burnet's History, 1725, (Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives) ...

Bentley, Richard

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Epithet: of Add MS 11357 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001243.0x000384 Epithet: I publisher British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000787.0x0002dd Epithet: of Add MS 32903 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001243.0x000387 Epithet: grandson of Dr. Ri...

Ryall, Henry Thomas, 1811-1867

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English engraver. From the description of Autograph note signed : to Henry Graves, "Tuesday, 2 o'clock." (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270634785 ...

John Hall

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Basire, James

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Epithet: the third, engraver British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000983.0x00009c ...

Sharpe, John, 1769-1859

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Epithet: brewer, of London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000878.0x00002c Epithet: formerly Chaplain to the Queen's forces in New York British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000878.0x00002d ...

Croker, John Wilson, 1780-1857

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English politician. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Molesey, to John Murray, [probably 1834]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270525115 From the description of Autograph letter signed : West Molesey, Sussex, to Lord Palmerston, 1852 June 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270531191 John Wilson Croker (1780-1857) was an Irish politician, literary critic, and author. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and Lincoln's Inn, London, becoming an Iri...

Button & Son

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Cox, James

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Epithet: of London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000680.0x000217 Epithet: Incumbent of Trinity Church, Runcorn British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000680.0x000216 ...

J. B. Lane

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Farington, Joseph, 1747-1821

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Epithet: RA British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000818.0x00021b Epithet: RA, artist and diarist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000497.0x000200 English landscape painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to Mr. Scott, Engraver, 1814 Jul. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270522790 F...

Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815

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Bartolozzi, an Italian engraver, came to England in 1764, appointed engraver to the English king and was one of the original members of the British Royal Academy. From the description of I.Russell Ld., Privy Seal : with one ey[e] / From the original drawing by Hans Holbein : engraving. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754863350 Italian painter and engraver. From the description of Letter : to his son, n.d. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 81666694 ...

Perine, George Edward, 1837-1885

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George Edward Perine, John Lawrence Giles, and John Sartain were 19th century engravers who depicted historical events, political figures, artists, and other notable individuals. From the description of Perine-Giles-Sartain engravings, circa 19th century. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 265034459 ...

R. Page

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Parr, Samuel

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Epithet: LL.D; Rector of Wadenhoe British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001193.0x00033f Epithet: LLD, Prebendary of St Paul's British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001193.0x000340 Epithet: Reverend; pedagogue British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:...

Fraser, James

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Epithet: Master RN British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000215.0x000271 Epithet: Bishop of Manchester British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001083.0x0001be Epithet: of Add MS 36988 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000215.0x000278 Epithet: of Add MS 35732...

White, James

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Epithet: of Add MS 38333 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001152.0x000003 Epithet: Reverend writer of Bonchurch I of Wight British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000623.0x00003e Epithet: of Bangor, county Down British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001152.0x000004 ...

Landseer, John

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Epithet: painter engraver and author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000688.0x0002ac ...

Russell, John, 1970-

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Epithet: Perpetual Curate of Llandrinio British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000244.0x0001c5 Epithet: Assistant in the Charterhouse, London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000244.0x00019d Epithet: tea dealer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000244.0x0001cb ...

John Kay

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G. G. Lange

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Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821

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Hester Lynch Thrale (born Hester Lynch Salusbury and after her second marriage, Hester Lynch Piozzi ) was a British diarist, author, and patron of the arts. Her diaries and correspondence are an important source of information about Samuel Johnson and eighteenth-century life. From the description of Autograph poem, unsigned, an adaptation of Francis Fawkes's "An Autumnal Ode, " no date [paper watermarked 1813]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754864928 From the description of...

W. Walker

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Watts, William, 1752-1851

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Epithet: of Add MS 32897 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000979.0x00023e Epithet: of Bolingbroke British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000979.0x000240 ...

J. Fougeron

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Bond, William

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Epithet: Distiller, of Shoreditch British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000217.0x00037b ...

John, Simon

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Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784

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Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) was one of the leading literary figures of eighteenth-century England. He is best remembered for compiling the first comprehensive dictionary of the English language, published in 1755. Prominent among his diverse other works, he also wrote the satirical History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia (1759), edited The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare (1765), and produced the important Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets (first collect...

C. Mayer

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Burnet, John, 1863-1928

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Epithet: of Egerton MS 2000 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001030.0x00016f Epithet: Surgeon to the South Sea Company in the West Indies, etc., and afterwards Physician to Philip V of Spain British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001030.0x000171 ...

Simon, John B.

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Epithet: KCB British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000787.0x000111 Epithet: Prebendary of Kirton, diocese Exon British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001034.0x00035e Epithet: KCB; President of the Royal College of Surgeons British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001034.0x...

S. Nevitt

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Drury Lane Theatre

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The Drury Lane Theatre in London is the oldest English theater still in use. From the description of Financial records, 1747-1817. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78201833 From the guide to the Financial records, 1747-1817., (Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) The performances took place at the King's theatre, Haymarket and at the Lyceum between 1809 and 1812. Some of Benjamin Wyatt's plans for the rebuilding of...

Clint, George, 1770-1854

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Painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : 83 Gower St., to Geo Winston, Esqr., 1832 May 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270904132 ...

Holl, William

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Epithet: sec Ornithological Society of London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001149.0x000216 ...

J. G. Sturm

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Ireland, Samuel, -1800

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Samuel Ireland (d. 1800) was an engraver and publisher in London, England. He was also a collector of books and prints. In his later years, Ireland's reputation was ruined by his involvement in the forgery of Shakespeare manuscripts produced by his son, William Henry Ireland (1771-1835) James Edward Oglethorpe, 1696-1785, was an English general, philanthropist, and founder of the colony of Georgia in America. From the description of Etching of General James O...

Ramsay, Allan, 1953-....

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Allan Ramsay was a native of Leadhills, Lanarkshire. He came to Edinburgh in 1700 to start an apprenticeship with a wigmaker. He became absorbed in literature however and became a bookseller with businesses in Niddry's Wynd and in the High Street of Edinburgh. In 1725 he established a circulating library, probably one of the earliest in Britain. In 1736 he opened a theatre in Carruber's Close but this was closed by the city's authorities. Ramsay published his first poems in 1721 and a second col...

Savage, John

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Epithet: Steward of manor of Matlock British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000700.0x0001e9 Epithet: of Edale British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000700.0x0001e8 Epithet: subject of Wolley Ch xii.45 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000700.0x0001ea Epithe...

Cattermole, George, 1800-1868

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English painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to H. Collins, [no year] May 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270876640 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Coleridge, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270876642 George Cattermole, English watercolor painter and illustrator. From the description of George Cattermole manuscript material : 1 item [ca. late 1830's-1840's] (New York Public Library). Wo...

Letts, John

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Epithet: junior; proprietor of ' The New European Magazine.' British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000361.0x000045 ...

Hilliard, Nicholas, 1547?-1619

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Epithet: of MS Facsimile 218 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001094.0x000369 ...

Wilkinson, Robert, Dr. in Divinity

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Epithet: cartographer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000352.0x000362 ...

Keating, George

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Epithet: of Add MS 37877 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001197.0x000060 ...

W. Henshall

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Cooper, Edward, 1941-

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Epithet: of Add MS 36050 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000987.0x0003e3 ...

W. Hawkins

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Derby, William, 1786-1847

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Painter. From the description of Letter and notes, ca. 1830. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 80804082 Epithet: artist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000207.0x0001c0 ...

B. Granger

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Shepperd

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Vickers, Alfred Gomersal, 1810-1837

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Epithet: painter; son of Alfred Vickers British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000628.0x00022f ...

Strahan, William, 1715-1785

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Epithet: Secretary to Sir P Meadows British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000444.0x000155 William Strahan was a London printer and publisher, member of Parliament, and friend of Benjamin Franklin. From the description of Journals and accounts, 1751-1777. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122589409 From the guide to the William Strahan journals and accounts, 1751-1777, ...

Burney, Edward Francis, 1760-1848

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A cousin of the novelist Frances Burney (1752-1840). From the description of Letters, 1804. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 231682921 ...

Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796

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Signed by Tsaritsa Catherine II and dated 14 November 1783. From the description of Catherine II Document, 1783. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 320410373 Empress of Russia. From the description of Catherine II, Empress of Russia, letter with cover, 1788. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71014564 Ruled 1762-1796. From the description of Autograph signature to letter : St. Petersburg, to an Elector, 1786 Feb. 9...

W. Clarke

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Chiswell, Richard

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Epithet: the elder; publisher, of London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001393.0x00009b ...

Hall, John, of Richmond

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Epithet: of Liverpool British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001190.0x00022a Epithet: schoolmaster, of Cambuslang British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001190.0x000233 Epithet: of Egerton Ch 6171 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001190.0x000225 The John Ha...

Denby

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Schiavonetti, Luigi, 1765-1810

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Italian engraver in England. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : Brompton, to unidentified recipients, 1806 Sept. 27 and 1808 Nov. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270634648 ...

E. Cooper

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Skelton, William, 1763-1848

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Epithet: formerly trumpeter, 19th Light Dragoons British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001130.0x0001a5 ...

Astley, John

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Epithet: MP for. county Shropshire Title: 2nd Baronet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001187.0x00021a Epithet: Treasurer of the royal plate British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001187.0x000205 ...

Tomkins, Peltro William, 1759-1840

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Epithet: Engraver British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000211.0x000313 ...

Anne, Queen of Great Britain, 1665-1714

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Anne, Queen of Great Britain 1702-1714, was the last Stuart monarch. Raised as a Protestant, she was convinced to support the efforts of William of Orange and her sister Mary to depose her Catholic father, King James II. William and Mary became monarchs, and Anne succeeded to the throne upon William's death. Anne herself had no clear successor, and this uncertainty fuelled discord in her reign, marked by bitter rivalries between Whigs and Tories. She was succeeded by the Hanoverian line, descend...

James Beattie, 1735-1803

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James Beattie, MA Marischal College, 1753, LLD King's College, 1770, DCL Oxford, 1773, was Professor of Moral Philosophy and Logic at Marischal College from 1760 until his death on 18 Aug 1803. He was a contemporary and friend of notable Aberdeen philosophers, Thomas Reid, George Campbell, John Gregory and Alexander Gerard, and an elected member of the Aberdeen Philosophical Society from 1761 until its demise in 1773. His Essay on the Nature and Immutability of Truth (1770), written...

W. H. Pye

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Cadell & Davies.

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The British publishing and bookselling firm of Cadell & Davies was established in 1793 as a joint partnership between Thomas Cadell (1773-1836) and William Davies (d. 1820). The pair inherited the business from Cadell's father, Thomas Cadell the elder (1742-1802), and carried on his legacy as a leader of the London book trade. After Davies's death in 1820, Cadell began publishing under his own name. The firm was dissolved in 1836 when Cadell died, although sale of the remaining copyrights an...

Fielding, John

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Epithet: JP for county Middlesex British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001088.0x0001df Epithet: of Stowe MS 155 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001088.0x0001e1 Epithet: magistrate British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001240...

Omai

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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727-1788

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English painter. From the description of Autograph document signed : [n.p.], 1769 Aug. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269561366 From the description of Autograph letter in third person, not signed : [n.p.], to [William] Hoare, [1773]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269563096 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1782 Apr. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269570722 English artist. From the descriptio...

J. Ford ?

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Wilson, Benjamin

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Epithet: FRS British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000300.0x0002b5 Epithet: Curate of Fordham British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000300.0x0002b4 Epithet: of Cockermouth British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000300.0x0002b6 ...

Edward Cave

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Stanfield, Clarkson

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Epithet: RA British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000499.0x00032c ...

Jenkins, Joseph John, 1811-1885

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Engraver, watercolorist. From the description of Letter, ca. 1860. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 80432819 ...

Evans, William, 1798-1877

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Epithet: drysalter, of Manchester British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001188.0x000052 Epithet: Rector of Stour British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001188.0x000059 Epithet: Secretary to African Institution British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001188.0x00005a ...

R. Stanier

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Knight, Charles, 1946-

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Epithet: author and publisher; of Add MS 46632 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000695.0x00039f Epithet: of Add MS 31978 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000695.0x0003e3 ...

Ireland, William Henry, 1775-1835

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Epithet: of Add MS 37831 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001295.0x000224 Epithet: of Add MS 12051 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001295.0x000222 ...

Uwins, Thomas, 1782-1857

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English painter. From the description of Autograph letter in third person, not signed : Paddington Green [London], to J.T. Simes, 1838 Jul. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270573919 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to David Roberts, 1848 May 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872389 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to A.E. Chalon, [n.d.], "Saturday morning." (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270855706 Fro...

Trotter, Thomas, 1965-

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Epithet: Major British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000353.0x000371 Epithet: Major-General; of the Irish Ordnance Office British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000353.0x000373 ...

Morghen, Raffaello, 1761-1833

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Italian engraver. From the description of Letters, ca. 1792-1830. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 80958696 ...

Parsons, John

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Epithet: attendant at Philharmonic Society concerts British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000624.0x0001a2 Epithet: Lieutenant; RN British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001300.0x000033 Epithet: Captain; Commissary of Stores in Ireland British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100...

Nichols, John

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Epithet: of Add MS 24446 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000216.0x0001b4 Epithet: of London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000216.0x0001b6 Epithet: of Add MS 38337 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000216.0x0001b5 Epithet: printer and author ...

Holl, Francis

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Epithet: engraver British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000497.0x0002d0 ...

Drummond, Samuel, 1763?-1844

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Painter. From the description of Autograph sketch of a letter. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270129863 From the description of Printed prospectus of disposal of Samuel Drummond's painting, Death of Lord Nelson. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270129928 From the description of Autograph insertions to form : to James Goding. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270129625 ...

Roy C.

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June, John.

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Whittle, James

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Epithet: author and translator British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001152.0x00023b ...

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

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William Shakespeare was likely born April, 23, 1564; he was baptized in Stratford-upon-Avon on April 26, 1564. He grew up, had a family, and bought property in Stratford while working in London, the center of English theater. As an actor, a playwright, and a partner in a leading acting company, he became both prosperous and well-known. His parents were John and Mary Shakespeare. John was a leatherworker and involved in local politics, first becoming an alderman and eventually a town bailiff. ...

Molière, 1622-1673.

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Molière, playwright. From the description of The imaginary invalid : typescript, 1987, 13 November - 12 December. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122532910 ...

Anacreon

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J. Hardy

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J. Alais

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Lomax, Thomas George, 1783-1873

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Epithet: Mayor of Lichfield British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000569.0x0002c9 ...

Bell, J. L. (John Lane)

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Epithet: Lieutenant-General; Lieutenant -Governor of Guernsey British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001164.0x000344 Epithet: Provost of Glasgow British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001164.0x000372 Epithet: of Add MS 23804 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001164.0...

Kay, John

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Epithet: curate of Preston Bissett British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000696.0x000385 ...

Charles James Fox, 1749-1806

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Charles James Fox was born in 1749 and was educated at Hertford College, Oxford. He was the third son of Henry Fox (1705-1774), 1st Baron Holland. He became Whig MP for Midhurst in 1768, Kirkwall and Westminster in 1784, and was appointed as Lord of the Admiralty in 1770 and joint secretary of state under the Duke of Portland in 1783. Fox was renowned for his speeches in the House of Commons, often made in the face of accepted conservative opinion, including his support for Catholic...

A. Torre

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Bembridge, Henry, 1743-1812

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Henry Benbridge was a portrait and historical painter and a miniaturist. He was born in Philadelphia on October 20, 1743, the son of James and Mary Benbridge. James Benbridge died in 1751 and his widow then married Thomas Gordon. Henry is believed to have studied with John Wollaston in Philadelphia. From 1765-1769, Henry studied in Italy. He also spent some time in London before returning to Philadelphia in 1770. Around 1771, Henry married Hetty Sage, a miniaturist who had studied with Charles W...

Gaucher, Charles-Étienne, 1741-1804

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French engraver. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Paris], to citoyen Renouard, 1796 Feb. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269577358 ...

James II, King of England, 1633-1701

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Son of King Charles I, created Duke of York in 1634, and crowned King of England in 1685. From the description of Letter : Windsor, England, to the Earl of Rochester, 1684 Jul 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83918980 From the description of Letter : Windsor, England, to the Earl of Rochester, 1684 Jul 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702148272 James II, king of England, 1675-1688. From the description of [Documents] / James R. (Smith College). WorldCa...

Louis XIII, King of France, 1601-1643

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Seventeenth century King of France. From the description of Papers, 1610. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36272547 Louis XIII, king of France, 1610-1643. From the description of [Document] 1642 déc. 20, Paris / Louis, Bouthillier. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 259484806 ...

Parkinson, Thomas

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Epithet: Vicar of North Otterington British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001193.0x0002e5 Epithet: of Dublin British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001193.0x0002e4 ...

Mary II, Queen of England, 1662-1694

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Accession date: 1689 Places: England Title: Queen of Great Britain and Ireland British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000472.0x000067 ...

Arthur Pond

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T. Grainger

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Martin, David

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Epithet: Professor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000210.0x0003c0 J.H. Sherman was a resident of Carthage, Illinois. From the guide to the The origin of Mormonism and reminiscences of the Mormons in Illinois, 1886, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Epithet: auctioneer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001192.0x0003...

Warton, Thomas

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Epithet: Dr British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000816.0x000324 Epithet: author of `The History of English Poetry' British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001035.0x000213 Epithet: DD British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000816.0x000323 Epithet: Reverend; the ...

John Colson

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Graves, Robert

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Epithet: line-engraver British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001240.0x00010f Epithet: of Stowe MS 748 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000839.0x0003af Epithet: late Adj., 1st Somerset Militia Regt British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000839.0x0003ae ...

Mrs. Wood.

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Auber

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S. Watts

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J. Bowles

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Smith, Anker, 1759-1819

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Epithet: of Add MS 38728 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001305.0x000122 Engraver. From the description of Autograph signature to a receipt, 1787 Sept. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270664596 ...

John Opie

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Lambert

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Epithet: Mrs British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001191.0x0002cc Epithet: of San Domingo British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001191.0x0002d0 Epithet: valet of WWindham at Paris British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001191.0x00...

John Bell

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Hinton, John, 1956-

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Epithet: (?) bookseller and publisher British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000626.0x000013 ...

Reynolds, Frances, 1729-1807

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Frances Reynolds (1729-1807) was a portrait artist, the author of An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Taste (1789), and the sister of artist Sir Joshua Reynolds. She was also a friend of Samuel Johnson from ca. 1756 until his death in 1784. From the guide to the Frances Reynolds papers, 1774-1800 and undated., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Frances Reynolds was a portrait artist, the author of An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Taste...

Gillray, James

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Epithet: caricaturist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000625.0x000145 James Gillray was born in Chelsea, Middlesex, on 13th August 1756. Due to the extreme Protestantism of his parents, Gillray was sent to the Moravian School of Bedford in 1762 (aged 5 ½), but returned home in 1764 for financial reasons. These circumstances also prevented Gillray from taking an expensive apprenticeship with a well-...

E. Stalker

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Peter I, Emperor of Russia, 1672-1725

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Peter the Great, Czar of Russia, who introduced Western European civilization into Russia and raised Russia to the position of one of Europe's major powers. From the description of Document ordering fines to be imposed for enlisting persons into the army who are sick or unfit for service, 1720 May 22. (Alaska State Library). WorldCat record id: 42064454 ...

Collyer, Joseph, 1748-1827

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Engraver. From the description of Autograph receipt signed : to Mr. Cadell, 1788. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270534376 ...

King's College (University of Cambridge)

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From its foundation by Henry VI in 1441 to the present day, King's College has preserved records of its internal administration, the construction of its buildings, and the lives of its members. The archives include the administrative records of estates the College was given by Henry VI, many of which were the lands of the so-called alien priories, such as the Norman Abbey of Bec, confiscated by the Crown in 1414. These lands brought their written memory with them in the form of charters and cour...

Garrick, Eva Maria, 1724-1822

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Eva Garrick was the wife of British actor David Garrick. From the description of Letters from various correspondents, 1775-1821. (Harvard University, Wadsworth House). WorldCat record id: 70316245 From the description of Letters from various correspondents, 1775-1821. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612375098 Wife of David Garrick. From the description of Autograph note in third person : Adelphi, to "three dear and good friends", [after 1814] J...

Gad & Co.

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Virtue, George

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Epithet: publisher British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000628.0x000341 ...

W. Watkins

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Bowyer, Robert, -1622

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Epithet: Miniature Painter to George III British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000473.0x000072 ...

A. Roffe

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Gambalini

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Callcott, Augustus Wall, 1779-1844

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Born in Kensington, 1779; student of the Royal Academy, and began to paint portraits under John Hoppner, successfully exhibiting a portrait of Miss Roberts at the Royal Academy, 1799; his preference at this time was for landscapes, and after 1804 exhibited only these for a number of years; elected an associate member of the Royal Academy, 1806; elected a full member of the Royal Academy, 1810; married Maria Graham, a well-known author of the day, and visited Europe (including Italy for the first...

Mary Beale

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