Manuscripts

mssHM 12938-12980

Description: A collection of letters, pen and ink drawings, etchings, sketches, diary pages, manuscripts, and poems by members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. The material was originally housed in one volume which was disbound by Huntington Library staff in 1975; the original binding (mssHM 12961) is housed in Box 3. The material is still window-mounted on original pages from the volume, many of the letters with envelopes.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1840-1909.
Call number: mssHM 12895-12980
Creator: Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Provenance unknown. In library as of March 1940.

mssHM 12895-12937

Manuscripts

A collection of letters, pen and ink drawings, etchings, sketches, diary pages, manuscripts, and poems by members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. The material was originally housed in one volume which was disbound by Huntington Library staff in 1975; the original binding (mssHM 12961) is housed in Box 3. The material is still window-mounted on original pages from the volume, many of the letters with envelopes.

mssHM 12895-12980

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Original binding

Manuscripts

mssHM 12895-12980

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Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood correspondence

Manuscripts

mssHM 12895-12980

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mssHM 54509-54568, mssHM 54686

Manuscripts

The collection consists primarily of letters between William Holman Hunt (1827-1910) and John Lucas Tupper (approximately 1823-1879). The correspondence spans the entire life of their acquaintance, beginning in 1849 and ending with Tupper's death in 1879. Subject matter covers a wide range of topics, including descriptions of Hunt's journeys to Palestine, his quarrels with Thomas Woolner, his response to the death of Thomas Combe, his everyday ordeals as a painter, his struggles to create various paintings, his and Tupper's views on Pre-Raphaelite principles, and their differing opinions on politics and other topics. There is also one autograph poem by William Holman Hunt. Additional correspondents are: Annie Amelia French Tupper, Marion Edith Waugh Holman Hunt, Gladys Mulock Holman Hunt, and George Tupper. There are a few pieces of ephemera related to William Holman Hunt including a catalog of an exhibition of his works at Leicester Galleries, London, 1906.

mssHM 54509-54686

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The Scribbler Magazine, New Year's Number

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Unique magazine in manuscript with original watercolors, etchings, etc.; with items laid into pocket at the end of the volume.

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