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Cunningham, Allan, miscellaneous writer, 1784-1842

 Person

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Letter, 1832, of Thomas Carlyle to Allan Cunningham.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.11477
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1832-1873.

Letter of Thomas Phillips to Alan Cunningham.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.12446
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1833.

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Photocopies. 3
Engravings. Prints. 1
Photographs. 1