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Date
1814-1825
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Manuscript text
Extent
3 items
Language
English
Genre
Communications
Reference IDs
Folger bibliographic ID: 221364
Folger call number: Y.c.1366 (1-3)
Folger holdings ID: 260889
Accession Number: cs550, 1054, 1942
Folger call number: Y.c.1366 (1-3)
Folger holdings ID: 260889
Accession Number: cs550, 1054, 1942
Summary
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
Subjects
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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
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