Watts, George Frederic, painter and sculptor, 1817-1904
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Bruce, A. to Bruce, H., 1806-1928.
File
Identifier: MS.40161
Scope and Contents
This manuscript includes letters, 1875-1893, of Agnes and Alexander Low Bruce mostly to John Murray III. Some of the letters concern “The personal life of David Livingstone” by W.G. Blaikie.It also includes letters, 1856-1894, of Henry A. Bruce to John Murray III and John Murray IV. The letters concern works of his including “Life of General Sir William Napier”.All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name. Some of the...
Dates:
1806-1928.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Watts, Alfred to Watts, W., 1814-1926.
File
Identifier: MS.41251
Scope and Contents
The letters are arranged chronologically under each correspondent.Watts, Alfred.Letters, 1877-1895, of Alfred Watts to John Murray III, John Murray IV, Hallam Murray, Robert Cooke and William Smith. They concern work undertaken by Watts in assisting in the publication of “German reading book” and “Latin reading book”, and of payment for that work. Also mentioned are suggestions by Watts for other works. Brief mention is made of Watts’s connection with “Whitaker’s...
Dates:
1814-1926.
Two portraits of Austen Henry Layard, with a portrait of his wife, Enid., 1852-1963.
File
Identifier: MS.42408
Scope and Contents
Folio 1. Photographic reproduction, ?1963 or a little before, of a portrait of Austen Henry Layard from an original black chalk sketch, circa 1852, by G.F. Watts. The image has been reduced significantly in comparison to the original, which is held in the National Portrait Gallery, London (NPG 1006). The reproduction would appear to have been created to be used in a publication as the recto has been marked at the margins by way of...
Dates:
1852-1963.