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Scharf, George, Sir, Knight (Director of National Portrait Gallery)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1820 - 1895

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Assorted letters of and to Sara Austen, with other letters to Benjamin Austen., 1828-1858.

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Identifier: MS.42015
Scope and Contents (1) letter of Sara Austen to Elizabeth Eastlake;(2) letters of Travers Twiss to Sara Austen ;(3) letters of various artists to the Austens: James Fergusson to Benjamin Austen; Copley Fielding to Sara Austen; Philip Hardwick to Sara Austen; Thomas Lawrence to Sara Austen; Henry Phillips to Sara Austen; Samuel Prout to Sara and to Benjamin Austen; George Scharf to Sara Austen, including...
Dates: 1828-1858.

Letters to Austen Henry Layard from various correspondents; with a note of John Murray publishers., 1848-1868, 1968.

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Identifier: MS.42344
Scope and Contents The letters have been arranged in alphabetical order by correspondent surname or business name.Letter of Josiah Forshall to Austen Henry Layard, 1848: folios 1-2;Letter probably of Maria Antoinetta Gordon (signed Mary Aboyne) to Austen Henry Layard, ?1848: folios 3-4;Letter of Wilhelm Heinrich Ludwig Gruner to Austen Henry Layard, 1848: folios 5-6;Letters of Edward Hawkins to Austen Henry Layard, 1848: folios 7-10;Letter of Sir John...
Dates: 1848-1868, 1968.

Memoir of Sir Francis Grant "in his studio for the last time" by Sir George Scharf.

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Identifier: Acc.11545
Scope and Contents

Includes anecdote and notes on Grant`s technique.

Dates: 1878.

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Letters. Correspondence. 2
Notes. 2
Memoirs. 1