Letters from William Holman Hunt

This material is held atUniversity of Manchester Library

Reference
- GB 133 Eng MS 1294
Dates of Creation
- 1886-1897
Physical Description
- 15 items;

Scope and Content

The material comprises:

(a) numbers 1-13, miscellaneous letters (April 1886-October 1897) to Marion Harry Spielmann from the artist William Holman Hunt (1827-1910), mostly written from Draycott Lodge, Fulham;
(b) number 14, a letter (23 March 1892) to Spielmann from Edith Holman Hunt informing him that her husband has finished his painting Sacred Fire and inviting him to see it;
(c) number 15, a holograph copy (7 pp.) of a letter of August 1889 to a friend from Holman Hunt on the subject of the Royal Academy's proposed reform.

Archive Record|Table of contents

The Spielmann CollectionEng MSS 1288-1303

Letters from Edwin Austen Abbey and Mary Gertrude AbbeyEng MS 1288

Letters from Frank BrangwynEng MS 1289

Letters from Ford Maddox BrownEng MS 1290

Letters from Walter CraneEng MS 1291

Letters from William Powell FrithEng MS 1292

Letters from Sir Hubert Von HerkomerEng MS 1293

Letters from William Holman HuntEng MS 1294

Letters from Sir Frederic LeightonEng MS 1295

Letters from Mortimer MempesEng MS 1296

Letters from Sir Edward PoynterEng MS 1297

Letters from Sir William RichmondEng MS 1298

Letters from William Michael RossettiEng MS 1299

Letters from Hamo ThornycroftEng MS 1300

Letters from G.F. WattsEng MS 1301

Miscellaneous LettersEng MS 1302

Miscellaneous PapersEng MS 1303