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autographs29
letters19
portraits, british13
photographs5
albums2
music2
music publicity1
portraits, german1
theater programs1
invitation cards1

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Phillips, Henry2
Sheffield, John Duke of Buckingham1
Smart, George Thomas1
Sambourne, Linley1
Queen Victoria1
Maude, Francis H1
Spencer, John Poyntz1
Robinson, Frances Asyth1
Spencer-Stanhope, John Montague1
Villiers, Thomas1

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Autographs collected by Frances Asyth Robinson

Robinson, Frances Asyth

1859-c.1877

Contains autographs cut out from other sources

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Autographs collected by Charles Thomas Whitmell

Whitmell, Charles Thomas (1849-1919)

1866-1893

Includes index of names on pp.1-3.

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Album presented to Hannah Thurnam

Thurnam, Hannah

1841-1845

Contains a collection of drawings, paintings, and verses, inscribed with signatures and dates, by friends of Hannah Thurnam

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Address to Arnold Lupton, Esq., instructor in coal mining in the Yorkshire College, Leeds, from members of the Yorkshire College, November, 1883, with the signatures of the members

1883

The large envelope contains: (1) A certificate awarded to Arnold Lupton (with a silver medal) by the Order of St John of Jerusalem, for the rescue of two persons after an explosion at Wharncliffe Coll...

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Address to John Montague Spencer Stanhope on his coming of age, December 31st 1881

1881

Contains an illuminated address to J.M. Spencer Stanhope from the tenants on his father's estates of Horsforth and Thornton, to accompany the presentation of a chased silver bowl. With signatures of t...

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Correspondence of Sir Francis Chantrey, with related material.

Chantrey, Francis

c.1811-1842

Comprises ca.120 autograph letters from Chantrey to various recipients dated 27 September 1811-1 November 1841, including some undated letters, 1 autograph letter from Lady Chantrey to 'Mr. Cooke' dat...

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Autograph of Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, with a portrait.

Clarendon, Edward Hyde

1666-1810

Comprises 1 autograph of Hyde dated 10 August 1666 and 1 printed portrait of him engraved by J. Chapman and published in London by J. Wilkes on 28 July 1810. The bound volume also contains a typescrip...

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Collection of autographs of, and signed letters from, miscellaneous prominent Victorian people.

c.1844-1885

The volume comprises autographs of, and signed letters from, about 115 different prominent people in the Victorian xage between about 1844 and 1885, beginning with Queen Victoria and ending with Elih...

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Miscellaneous correspondence and papers of Sir George Biddell Airy.

Airy, George Biddell

1879

Comprises 2 autograph letters by Sir George Airy dated 14 April and 18 November 1879 (with transcripts), an engraved portrait of him signed and dated by 'T.H. Maguire 1852', his autograph signature, a...

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Material relating to Baron Bexley.

Bexley, Nicholas Vansittart

c.1825-1833

Comprises 1 signature of 'Bexley' on the front of a stamped envelope addressed to R.L. Gwatkin and dated 2 August 1825, 1 engraved portrait of him by T.A. Dean from a painting by Sir Thomas Lawrence p...

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Letter from William Black, with related material.

Black, William (1841-1898)

c.1887

Comprises 1 autograph letter from Black to an unnamed recipient dated 15 November (with a transcript), 1 autographed portrait photograph of him, 3 signatures, 1 of which is a facsimile by a bookseller...

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