Haydon, Benjamin Robert. Autograph letters signed from Benjamin Robert Haydon to various recipients

Folger bibliographic ID: 221364
Folger call number: Y.c.1366 (1-3)
Folger holdings ID: 260889
Accession Number: cs550, 1054, 1942

Correspondents: [James] Elmes, Robert Hawkes, and Leigh Hunt. Letter (2) asks for two portraits as one of his pictures will be shown at the British Gallery. Mentions [Edmund] Kean's problems with "drinking brandy and water." "He never can recover his character." (3) describes Bullock's bust of Shakespeare, copied from the Stratford bust and the impression it left on him. He has also drawn a sketch of this bust from recollection on the front of the letter

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Extended title: Autograph letters signed from Benjamin Robert Haydon to various recipients 1814-1825

Bullock, George, 1782 or 1783-1818 Elmes, James, 1782-1862 Hawkes, Robert, -1836 Haydon, Benjamin Robert, 1786-1846 Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859 Kean, Edmund, 1787-1833 Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

correspondent: Haydon, Benjamin Robert, 1786-1846
subject: Bullock, George, 1782 or 1783-1818
subject: Elmes, James, 1782-1862
subject: Hawkes, Robert, -1836
subject: Haydon, Benjamin Robert, 1786-1846
subject: Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859
subject: Kean, Edmund, 1787-1833
subject: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
correspondent: Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859
correspondent: Hawkes, Robert, -1836
correspondent: Elmes, James, 1782-1862