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Colvin, Sir Sidney, 1845-1927 (Knight and art historian)

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Biography

Sir Sidney Colvin (1845-1927), knight; art historian. Keeper of Prints and Drawings, British Museum 1884-1912 .

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

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Correspondence from Sidney Colvin to John Willis Clark

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8954/27-28
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Letters mostly to Clark, with some to his wife Frances Clark (d.1908), Adam Sedgwick (1785-1873) and others, mainly routine in nature, and collected for their autograph value. Another volume, containing letters of scientists, was not acquired. The original numbering in each volume has been retained; in this catalogue the letters are grouped by subject.

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / John Willis Clark: Correspondence / Correspondence with 'men of letters' / General correspondence
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Letter from Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton, to Sir Sidney Colvin

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8955/60
Scope and Contents

He will attend, and 'say two or three words literally as a sort of token of sympathy.'

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / John Willis Clark: Correspondence / Correspondence with actors, artists, musicians / Invitations, etc.
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Letter from Sir Sidney Colvin, 17 Apr. 1912 (Circa, no year given)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8990/136
Scope and Contents

Declining invitation

Dates: 17 Apr. 1912 (Circa, no year given)
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Sir Owen Seaman: Letters to him
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Letter to Porter from Sir Sidney Colvin, 7 Jan. 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8576/33
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Most of the letters are replies to appeals by Porter for contributions to a memorial to Henry Fawcett and the cost of portraits of the seventh Duke of Devonshire, J.B. Lightfoot and B.F. Westcott; or replies to his invitations to a dinner in honour of recipients of honorary degrees (1883), and the celebration of the six hundredth anniversary of the foundation of Peterhouse (1884); or concern an address of support from members of Senate to the Liberal Unionist leadership (1887).

Dates: 7 Jan. 1885
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / James Porter: Correspondence

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