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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 14 Collections and/or Records:

Letter of Allan Cunningham.

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Identifier: Acc.8567
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Concerning the correspondence of Sir David Wilkie.

Dates: 1842.

Letter of John Burnet to James Stark.

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Identifier: Acc.12258
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Letter concerns artistic matters and mentions Wilkie`s picture of George IV at Holyroodhouse.

Dates: 1824.

Letter of Sir David Wilkie.

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Identifier: Acc.5545
Dates: circa 1820-circa 1841.

Letter of Sir David Wilkie probably to Dr Nicholas Wiseman, Rome.

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Identifier: Acc.10200
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In favour of Mr and Mrs Samuel Palmer.

Dates: 1839.

Letter of Sir David Wilkie to Samuel Dobra.

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Identifier: Acc.11986
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Letter concerns the Royal Academy exhibition and Wilkie`s work on his "Chelsea Pensioners Reading the Gazette of the Battle of Waterloo".

Dates: 1822.

Letters of Sir David Wilkie to John Abel Smith.

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Identifier: Acc.10846
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Concerns Wilkie`s painting of the Empress Josephine with a fortune-teller.

Dates: 1836-1838.

Three documents concerning the appointment of Sir David Wilkie as Chevalier de l`Ordre de la Legion d`honneur.

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Identifier: Acc.10063
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Includes initial letter of Francois Guizot informing Wilkie of his nomination for the award.

Dates: 1841.

Two letters, 1824, of George Ticknor and George Huntly Gordon.

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Identifier: Acc.11580
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Letters concern portraits of Sir Walter Scott. Also includes:

1. unrelated letter, 1812, of Sir David Wilkie

2. autograph note, 1816, of Walter Scott to James Ballantyne about "The Antiquary"

3. printed letter, 1829, of Scott

Dates: 1812-1824.