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Correspondence of William Holman Hunt

Archive Piece: BC MS 19c Holman Hunt

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Type of record: Archive

Title: Correspondence of William Holman Hunt

Level: Piece

Classmark: BC MS 19c Holman Hunt

Creator(s): Hunt, William Holman (1827-1910)()

Date(s): 1857-1909

Language: English

Size and medium: Approximately 35 letters held in 2 envelopes, manuscript, typescript, and printed

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/7379

Collection group(s): English Literature

Description

Includes correspondence from William Holman Hunt to: (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).


Correspondence from Edith Holman Hunt to Edward Clodd (2 letters); Gladys Holman Hunt to Edward Clodd (1 letter).


Also includes typed copies of many of the letters. The letter to Thomas Woolner is kept in a second envelope.


Additional material listed August 2017:

Letter from Edith Holman Hunt to Edward Clodd dated 14 Jul [1910?]; Letter from Margaret Hunt to Mrs Rossetti [1877?]

Biography or 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

Provenance

Two letters purchased from 'Wilson' in January 1980 [Edith Holman Hunt to Edward Clodd (14 July 1910?) and from Margaret Hunt to Mrs Rossetti (1877?)].

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