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Leighton, Frederic, 1830-1896 (1st Baron Leighton of Stretton, painter)

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Frederic Leighton (1830-1896), Baron Leighton of Stretton; painter

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

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Correspondence from Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton, 30 Jan. 1882-4 Feb. 1893 (Circa)

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9225/1/12-28
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Comprises correspondence and papers of Mary Hope Allen, as well as correspondence of her grandfather Robin Allen (1820-98), Secretary of Trinity House and a poet and critic, and of her father, Sir Ernest King Allen (1864-1937), Assistant Public Trustee 1915-23. Robin Allen's correspondents include 19th century politicians, artists, poets and critics such as W.E. Gladstone, Thomas Hardy, Lord Leighton, John Ruskin, Lord Tennyson, Arnold Toynbee and Mrs. Humphry Ward. There is a collection of...
Dates: 30 Jan. 1882-4 Feb. 1893 (Circa)
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 / GBR/0012/MS Add.9225, Mary Hope Allen: Correspondence and Papers / Correspondence to Robin Allen
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Letter, 24 Feb. 1942

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9877/1/1/181
Scope and Contents

Thanking Sassoon for photographs, recounting an anecdote concerning Sir Frederic Leighton, and giving news of family etc.

Dates: 24 Feb. 1942
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 / GBR/0012/MS Add.9877, Egremont Sassoon papers / Correspondence relating to Siegfried Sassoon and family / Letters to Siegfried Sassoon from his mother, Theresa Sassoon; with related items
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Letter from Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton, to John Willis Clark

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8955/56
Scope and Contents

He sends a ticket for Mrs Clark

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 / GBR/0012/MS Add.8952-8955, John Willis Clark: Correspondence / Correspondence with actors, artists, musicians / Invitations, etc.
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Letter from Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton, to John Willis Clark

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8955/57
Scope and Contents

Accepts invitation (to unveiling of Prince Consort's statue?)

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 / GBR/0012/MS Add.8952-8955, John Willis Clark: Correspondence / Correspondence with actors, artists, musicians / Invitations, etc.
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Letter from Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton, to John Willis Clark

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8955/58
Scope and Contents

Declines invitation (to a Greek play?)

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 / GBR/0012/MS Add.8952-8955, John Willis Clark: Correspondence / Correspondence with actors, artists, musicians / Invitations, etc.
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Letter from Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton, to John Willis Clark

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8955/59
Scope and Contents

Declines invitation

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 / GBR/0012/MS Add.8952-8955, John Willis Clark: Correspondence / Correspondence with actors, artists, musicians / Invitations, etc.
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Letter from Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton, to John Willis Clark

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8955/61
Scope and Contents

Ashamed that he forgot to answer an invitation

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 / GBR/0012/MS Add.8952-8955, John Willis Clark: Correspondence / Correspondence with actors, artists, musicians / Invitations, etc.
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Letter from Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton, to Sir Sidney Colvin

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 / GBR/0012/MS Add.8952-8955, John Willis Clark: Correspondence / Correspondence with actors, artists, musicians / Invitations, etc.

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