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 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Brief statements of a fact or experience, written down for review, or as an aid to memory, or to inform someone else; also includes short, informal letters.

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

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.

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Wilhelm Gruner., 1833-1849.

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Identifier: MS.40494
Scope and Contents Letters, 1833-1849, of Wilhelm Gruner, also known as Lewis Gruner, to John Murray III to John Murray II. They concern Gruner`s illustrative and engraving work for Murray publications and some include detailed descriptions of paintings in galleries and stately homes. The letters are arranged in chronological order.1833: folios 1-23;1834-1836: folios 24-39;1840-1841: folios 40-43;?1843: folios 44-45;1845-1846: folios 46-53;...
Dates: 1833-1849.

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Wilhelm Gruner., 1850-1865.

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Identifier: MS.40495
Scope and Contents Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Wilhelm Gruner.Letters, 1850-1865, of Wilhelm Gruner, also known as Lewis Gruner, to John Murray III. The letters concern illustrative and engraving work of Gruner’s for Murray publications, and also his work “Illustrations of the brick and terra-cotta buildings of Lombardy: fourteenth and fifteenth centuries”. The letters show evidence of a strong friendship between the Gruner and Murray families. The letters are arranged in chronological...
Dates: 1850-1865.