Miscellaneous Letters II

This material is held atUniversity of Manchester Library

Reference
- GB 133 Eng MS 1268
Dates of Creation
- 1853-1905
Name of Creator
- Name of Author: Various
Physical Description
- various sizes. 44 items;

Scope and Content

Letters from William Holman Hunt to various correspondents (except /24-26 and /44, which were written by his second wife Edith Holman Hunt). The letters deal mainly with Holman Hunt's paintings but some also include mention of painting and restoration techniques, his views on art and religion and also the education of his son Hilary.

/1: Letter from William Holman Hunt to [Wilhelm Augustus Rudolf] Lehmann, concerning The Pathless Deep and The Mosque Assakreh, 10 March 1873.
/2: Letter from William Holman Hunt to Charles J. Maude concerning The Strayed Sheep, 6 November 1853.
/3: Letter from William Holman Hunt to [Henry Du Pré] Labouchere, 21 November 1880.
/4: Letter from William Holman Hunt to Mrs [Jemima] Blackburn, 17 November 1857.
/5: Letter from William Holman Hunt to Mrs [Jemima] Blackburn, 13 December 1858.
/6: Letter from William Holman Hunt to Mrs [Jemima] Blackburn, 28 December 1858.
/7: Letter from William Holman Hunt to Mrs Baxter, 7 September 1897.
/8: Visiting card containing a note from William Holman Hunt to Mrs Bagster, n.d.
/9: Letter from William Holman Hunt to William [Michael Rossetti], 19 March 1866.
/10: Letter from William Holman Hunt to an unnamed correspondent, concerning a sketch of the subject from Divine Songs, 18 May 1865.
/11: Letter from William Holman Hunt to [Sir Richard] Owen, 29 December 1880.
/12: Letter from William Holman Hunt to [Sir Richard] Owen, 8 December 1884.
/13: Letter from William Holman Hunt to [Sir Richard] Owen, 27 July 1881.
/14: Letter from William Holman Hunt to [Sir Richard] Owen, 3 April 1881.
/15: Invitation card from William Holman Hunt to Sir Richard Owen, March 1880.
/16: Letter from William Holman Hunt to Messrs Dodswell and Sons, concerning several of his paintings, 14 May 1884.
/17: Letter from William Holman Hunt to an unnamed correspondent, inviting him to view a picture upon which he has been engaged for several years, 6 April 1860.
/18: Letter from William Holman Hunt to Lady [Juliet] Pollock [wife of Sir William Frederick Pollock, bart], concerning, The Triumph of the Innocents, 1 December 1884.
/19: Letter from William Holman Hunt to [George Frederic] Watts, 30 May 1864.
/20: Letter from William Holman Hunt to [Richard] Ansdell, 13 May 1864.
/21: Letter from William Holman Hunt to an unnamed correspondent, concerning The Flight into Egypt, 21 March 1881.
/22: Letter from William Holman Hunt to Mr Temple concerning Royal Watercolour Society, 3 April 1897.
/23: Letter from William Holman Hunt to [Ernest] Gambart, 19 November 1867.
/24: Letter from Edith Holman Hunt to [?David Croal Thomson, editor], concerning a special number of the Art Journal, 11 May 1893 (two sheets).
/25: Letter from Edith Holman Hunt to [?David Croal Thomson, editor], concerning a special number of the Art Journal, 29 June 1893.
/26: Letter from Edith Holman Hunt to [?David Croal Thomson, editor], concerning a special number of the Art Journal, 2 July 1893 (two sheets).
/27: Letter from William Holman Hunt to Mr Thompson [David Croal Thomson, editor], concerning The Hireling Shepherd, 26 March 1896 (stamped Goupil Gallery).
/28: Letter in the hand of Edith Holman Hunt but signed by William Holman Hunt to unnamed correspondents, concerning Claudius and Isabella, 12 May 1905.
/29: Letter from William Holman Hunt to [William] De Morgan, concerning clay for making a relief of Hunt, 10 February 1891.
/30: Letter from William Holman Hunt to Mrs [Mary Evelyn] De Morgan, relating to the use of tempera over a watercolour drawing, 7 August 1895.
/31: Letter from William Holman Hunt to [John William Inchbold], 6 March 1853.
/32: Letter from William Holman Hunt to [John William Inchbold], 21 April 1853.
/33: Letter from William Holman Hunt to Mr Clayton, 9 October 1896.
/34: Letter from William Holman Hunt to Charles Deschamps, asking that his pictures be exempted from any awards, 13 September 1887.
/35: Letter from William Holman Hunt to Mr [Thomas] Ashton, concerning the repair of Claudius and Isabella, 31 May 1878.
/36: Letter from William Holman Hunt to Thomas Ashton, concerning the repair of Claudius and Isabella, 16 July 1878.
/37: Letter from William Holman Hunt to Thomas Ashton, concerning the repair of Claudius and Isabella, 18 July 1879.
/38: Letter from William Holman Hunt to Thomas Ashton, concerning the repair of Claudius and Isabella, 23 January 1879.
/39: Letter from William Holman Hunt to Thomas Ashton, concerning the loan of Claudius and Isabella for an exhibition, 24 February 1886.
/40: Letter from William Holman Hunt to Mr [William] Agnew, concerning the repair of Claudius and Isabella, 24 May 1878.
/41: Letter from William Holman Hunt to Mr [William] Agnew, concerning the repair of Claudius and Isabella, 25 June 1879.
/42: Letter from William Holman Hunt to Rev. P.H. [Philip Henry] Kempthorne, concerning the admission of Hunt's son to Wellington College, 25 February 1893.
/43: Letter from William Holman Hunt to Rev. P.H. [Philip Henry] Kempthorne, concerning the illness of Hunt's son Hilary and his absence from Wellington College, 22 January 1894.
/44: Letter from Edith Holman Hunt to Rev P.H. [Philip Henry] Kempthorne, concerning the decision to remove Hilary from Wellington College in order to send him abroad to study French and German, in preparation for a career in naval architecture, 7 January [1895 or 1896] (two sheets).