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

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Correspondents include David Ramsay Hay, Edward Finden and John G Kinnear.

Scope and Contents Comprising:1. Eastern journal, 1838-1839, of Roberts, in two volumes ("Egypt" and "Syria"), in the hand of his daughter, Christine Bicknell2. "The Roberts Festival", 1842, album containing press cuttings, reports and correspondence with or concerning Roberts3. Family correspondence, 1836-1863, of Roberts, including 60 letters to Christine and Henry Bicknell4. Draft essay, 1851, on the Royal Academy of Arts, and a page of notes, 1862, on...

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

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

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Concerns personal and artistic matters.

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Prout requests the loan of a painting and discusses the production of Roberts` painting, "Holy Land".

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Concerns pictures submitted to the Royal Academy and picture dealers.

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Included in the papers are many official, personal and artistic contacts in France and Spain.

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Includes letter to Henry Bicknell concerning theatrical drawings.

With letter, 1853, of Solomon Hart to Roberts, mentioning Roberts` architectural paintings.

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Concerning Egypt and Turkey.

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With a letter, undated, of Sarah Otway-Cave to Roberts.