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Letters. Correspondence.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Pieces of correspondence that are somewhat more formal than memoranda or notes, usually on paper and delivered.

Found in 43 Collections and/or Records:

20 letters of David Roberts to Sir James Emerson Tennent and his wife.

 File
Identifier: Acc.11697
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1846-1864.

43 letters addressed to David Roberts.

 File
Identifier: Acc.11760
Scope and Contents

Addressed to Roberts in London, Spain, Egypt and India by correspondents in Scotland and Spain concerning artistic and social matters.

Dates: 1831-1843.

Circa 100 letters to David Wilkie.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7972
Scope and Contents

Correspondents include Sir Walter Scott and David Roberts.

Dates: 1806-1839.

Letter of Alexander Nasmyth to David Roberts.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.12447
Scope and Contents

The letter concerns a sketch of Niddry castle, the writer`s vignettes for the Waverley Novels, his children and the Reform Bill.

Dates: 1831.

Letter of David Ramsay Hay to David Roberts.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.10970
Scope and Contents

Concerns artists and artistic matters and mentions the portrait of Roberts [by Robert Scott Lauder].

Dates: 1840.

Letter of David Ramsay Hay to David Roberts.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.11381
Scope and Contents

Concerns personal and artistic matters.

Dates: 1845.

Letter of David Roberts.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.11229
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1852.

Letter of David Roberts.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.11542
Scope and Contents

Concerns sending pictures to exhibition.

Dates: ? 1856.

Letter of David Roberts.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.11635
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1847.

Letter of David Roberts to Alfred Elmore.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.11670
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: ? 1857.

Letter of David Roberts to David Cousin.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.11694
Scope and Contents

Concerns the design of a monument or building in Edinburgh.

Dates: 1858.

Letter of David Roberts to George Grove.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.11011
Scope and Contents

Concerns Grove`s travels in Palastine and Syria.

Dates: 1861.

Letter of David Roberts to Henry Bicknell.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.8682
Scope and Contents

Concerning a drawing.

Dates: 1853.

Letter of David Roberts to John Scott.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.11084
Scope and Contents

Concerns a drawing of Malta.

Dates: 1840.

Letter of David Roberts to Sir David Wilkie.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.7893
Scope and Contents

Concerning Roberts` Egyptian and Syrian sketches.

Dates: 1839.

Letter of David Roberts to William Shiels.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.7604
Scope and Contents

Concerning his artistic life and professional career in London.

Dates: 1831.