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Several letters concern Near-Eastern travel and the Victorian art scene.

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Correspondents include Sir Walter Scott and David Roberts.

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Correspondents include David Ramsay Hay, Edward Finden and John G Kinnear.

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Contains a few pages concerning a visit to Rome, 1853.

Scope and Contents Comprising:1. Eastern journal, 1838-1839, of Roberts, in two volumes ("Egypt" and "Syria"), in the hand of his daughter, Christine Bicknell2. "The Roberts Festival", 1842, album containing press cuttings, reports and correspondence with or concerning Roberts3. Family correspondence, 1836-1863, of Roberts, including 60 letters to Christine and Henry Bicknell4. Draft essay, 1851, on the Royal Academy of Arts, and a page of notes, 1862, on...

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Concerns a proposed diorama of the Holy Land based on Roberts`s sketches.

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Concerns sending pictures to exhibition.

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Letter concerns arrangements for Edinburgh friends, including Mr and Mrs William Chambers, to visit Dulwich Picture Gallery.

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Concerns Elmore`s election to the Royal Academy of Arts.

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Concerns the design of a monument or building in Edinburgh.

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Concerns Grove`s travels in Palastine and Syria.

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Concerning a drawing.

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Concerns a drawing of Malta.

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Concerning Roberts` Egyptian and Syrian sketches.

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Concerning his artistic life and professional career in London.

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Included in the papers are many official, personal and artistic contacts in France and Spain.