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One letter concerns a bust of John Keats.

With a poem, 1843, of James Montgomery, "The Dying Girl`s Request".

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Carlyle praises and analyses Cunningham`s poem "The Maid of Elvar" and obliquely criticises the poetry of Sir Walter Scott.

Includes engravings and photographs of Carlyle, Carlyle-related locations, and one of Jane Welsh Carlyle inscribed by Thomas Carlyle in 1873.

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Concerning the correspondence of Sir David Wilkie.

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Cunningham encloses a copy of verses, "The Pirates` Song".

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Concerns an engraved portrait of Robert Burns.

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Concerning his interpretation of the word "shimmer".

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Concerns statue of the Duke of Sutherland sent to Golspie.

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On a poem of Wilson's that Cunningham was intending to publish.

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The letter concerns Cunningham's review of Phillips's "Lecture on the Principles and History of Painting" in the "Athenaeum".

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Letter concerns Napier`s "History of the Peninsular War" and attacks the Spanish character.

Scope and Contents The letters are to John Murray II and John Murray III. Many concern the publication of Cunningham’s “Lives of the most eminent British painters, sculptors, and architects” (London: John Murray, 1829-1833). The letters are arranged chronologically.1814, 1822-1823, 1825-1828: folios 1-12;1829: folios 13-39;1830: folios 40-61;1831: folios 62-80;1832: folios 81-94;1833: folios 95-109;1834: folios 110-111;...

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One letter concerning the methods of work of Sir Francis Chantrey.