Letters from Michael Frederick Halliday

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Letters from the painter and associate of the Pre-Raphaelites, Michael Frederick Halliday (1822-69), to William Holman Hunt. The two longest (/2 and /3, 1854 and 1855) are addressed to Hunt at Jerusalem. /1 (undated but with the watermark '1849') appears to be Halliday's first letter to Hunt.

  • /1: Merton Rush, Merton, n.d. [1849].
  • /2: 2 Robert St, Adelphi, April 1854.
  • /3: 19 April 1855.
  • /4: 2 Robert St, Adelphi, 23 April 1855.
  • /5: Camp Sebastopol, 4 January 1856.
  • /6: Rome, 23 December 1863.
  • /7: 4 Langham Chambers [London], n.d.
  • /8: 4 Langham Chambers [London], n.d.
  • /9: n.d.
  • /10: 18 Thurloe Place [London], n.d. [1867].
  • /11: Invitation card from Holman Hunt sent from Tor Villas, Campden Hill, Kensington. Halliday is written by hand on the reverse.