HEPWORTH

[?The Shakespeare feeling is wider than we any of us thought?: William Hepworth Dixon, editor of the Athenaeum.] Autograph Letter Signed, as member of the National Shakespeare Committee, discussing the ?fitting form of memorial?.

Author:

William Hepworth Dixon (1821-1879), journalist, editor of the Athenaeum, a Deputy Commissioner of the Great Exhibition of 1851 [National Shakespeare Committee]

Publication details:

25 February 1864. On letterhead of the National Shakespeare Committee, 120 Pall Mall, S.W. [London]

£35.00

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 2pp, 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition, lightly aged, with small nick at foot of gutter, and glue from mount adhering to blank reverse of second leaf showing through very slightly. Folded for postage. The recipient is not named. Signed ?W. H. Dixon?. Begins: ?Dear Sir / Many thanks for your note.

Keywords:

[ William Hepworth Thompson, Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. ] Autograph Letter Signed ('W. H Thompson') to 'My dear Pollock' [ Sir Frederick Pollock ], on Samuel Laurence's portrait of James Spedding. With annotated photograph of the portrait.

Author:

William Hepworth Thompson, classical scholar and Master of Trinity College, Cambridge [ Samuel Laurence (1812-1884), English portrait painter; James Spedding (1808-1881), literary critic ]

Publication details:

'T. C. L.' [ Trinity College Library, Cambridge. ] 30 May 1884. Photograph by Hills & Saunders of Cambridge.

£120.00

Both letter and photograph in good condition, with light signs of age. LETTER: 2pp., 12mo. Bifolium, with mourning border. He is enclosing the photograph, which 'poor Laurence [...] executed in his decling years & promised to Trinity College. His daughter loyally carried out his wishes, & the portrait (life size) hangs in our LIbrary.' (Laurence had died earlier in the year, from the effects of an operation.) He is sending a second copy of the photograph (not present) for 'Professor Frederick, who has left record of his affection for our dear friend'.

Keywords:

HEPWORTH

[?The Shakespeare feeling is wider than we any of us thought?: William Hepworth Dixon, editor of the Athenaeum.] Autograph Letter Signed, as member of the National Shakespeare Committee, discussing the ?fitting form of memorial?.

[ William Hepworth Thompson, Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. ] Autograph Letter Signed ('W. H Thompson') to 'My dear Pollock' [ Sir Frederick Pollock ], on Samuel Laurence's portrait of James Spedding. With annotated photograph of the portrait.

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