Collection of autograph and signed documents and letters, 1830-1837

This material is held atSociety of Antiquaries of London

  • Reference
    • GB 118 CEL/09
  • Former Reference
    • GB 118 SAL/MS/444/9
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1830-7
  • Physical Description
    • pp. 138 Half leather binding, green, with red lettering-pieces.

Scope and Content

Includes:- William IV (als, 1828) and Queen Adelaide (als, 1843), p. 2; Duke of Reichstadt (Napoleon II) (school exercise, 1821), p. 10; Mrs Siddons (als), p. 20; James Northcote, RA (al), p. 28; Prince Camille Borghese (coloured caricature), p. 37; Sir Walter Scott (als), p. 40; George Crabbe (als, 1829), p. 42; Goethe (1s, 1831), p. 46; Edmund Kean (note to admit two to a box, 1820), p. 56; Lord Porchester (2nd Earl of Carnarvon) (als to Augusta, Lady Vincent, and two pencil drawings, 1820, with verses), p. 58; William Wilberforce (als, 1788), Hannah More (als, 1781), p. 60; Samuel Taylor Coleridge (dialogue between the poet and Harriet, 14 Jan. 1834, a response to a request for an autograph), p. 76; Lafayette (two notes), p. 80; Charles Lamb (note), p. 84; William Blackwood (als to J. W. Croker, 1828), p. 86; Mrs Felicia Hemans (verse), p. 100; George Colman, junior (2 alls, 1823, 1828, to Edmund Byng), p. 114; Vincenzo Bellini (als to Henry Greville, 1835), p. 116; William Godwin (als, 1805), p. 118; Ferdinand Paer (als to Mile de Konski, 1836), p. 132; François Xavier Fabre (als to Mons. Louis Fantin, and list of autographs), p. 138.

Other Finding Aids

https://collections.sal.org.uk/cel.09

A detailed index to this collection exists on index cards in the Society of Antiquaries library.