Correspondents include: (1) Mrs Margaret Hunt (8 letters); (2) Alfred Hunt (3 letters); (3) Ford Madox Brown (3 letters); (4) Edward Clodd (15 letters); (5) Leslie Stephen (2 letters); (6) Edith Holman Hunt (2 letters); (7) Gladys Holman Hunt (1 letter). Typed copies of many of the letters are included in the larger envelope. The letter to Thomas Woolner is kept in a second envelope
Correspondence of William Holman Hunt
This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections
- Reference
- GB 206 Brotherton Collection MS 19c Holman Hunt
- Dates of Creation
- 1857-1909
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- Approximately 35 letters held in 2 envelopes, manuscript, typescript, and printed
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
William Holman Hunt (1827-1910) was a painter of the pre-Raphaelite school. For a full account of his life and works see the Dictionary of National Biography
Access Information
Access is unrestricted
Acquisition Information
The main envelope of letters was transferred from the Clodd Collection. The Woolner letter was bought from Quaritch/Phillips on 3 December 1991
Note
In English
Other Finding Aids
Listed in the Letters database http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/letters/letintro.htm