English chemist. States that he will be happy to sign his correspondent's nephew's application for the Fellowship of the Chemical Society. '[F]rom personal knowledge I have no doubt that my friend Mr Hake [Thomas Gordon Hake, 1809-95, DNB] will do the same.' Docketed by recipient on otherwise blank second leaf. N° de ref. del artículo 2461
Título: autograph letter signed to [?] Turner
Editorial: 1p 16mo 2 August on letterhead of the library of Westminster Hospital
Año de publicación: 1883
Descripción "It's always good to hear from a fan of Mendoza's" and continues by giving publication details and saying that she will send her a book. 1/2 page 4to; some creasing. 721 South St. Glendale, Calif. April 5, n.y. Nº de ref. del artículo: 11848
Descripción Manuscript in ink, on paper, one page, 4to, with integral address leaf. Asking for the return of his 'Book' (presumably a bank book of some sort), which had been sent to Yarmouth to be made up. Nº de ref. del artículo: 14360
Descripción (1821-1879, second son of John Ellis, 1789-1862), saying she was "obliged by your courtesy in sending me twelve copies of the Owl, altho I can well dispose of them, I should not certainly not have asked for so many, had I known they were not to be bought. Honour is due to those who stand forward in defence of persecuted Birds & Animals & in their name I am glad to thank you for your benevolence", 2 sides small 8vo., Cold Overton, Leicestershire, 3rd September. Nº de ref. del artículo: 16428
Descripción to the Revd. H. Sumbery, saying he knows "no Society which has stronger claims upon us all than the S.P.C.K. and if I could, I would undertake, D.V. to preach for it somewhere in London this year - But this is my year of Visitation and Confirmation throughout my Diocese" if his strength is spared, "it might even be presumptuous. to contemplate. the additional labour", and "with best wishes and prayers" begging leave to decline, 2 sides 8vo. black-edged, Palace, Chichester, Sussex, 15th January small corner defective at end with loss of two letters. Nº de ref. del artículo: 14948
Descripción Woodstock, 25 August 1852. Charles Turner (1774-1857), engraver. He engraved and published the first twenty plates of J.M.W.Turner s Liber Studiorum. He became a distinguished master in mezzotint, producing more than six hundred plates of which about two-thirds are portraits. Nº de ref. del artículo: 9871
Descripción Undated. Douglas Sladen (1856-1947), author. He studied at Trinity College, Oxford, and went to Australia (1879), where he became the first professor of history in the University of Sydney. Subsequently he travelled much and settled in London as a writer. ". I always set my face against entertainments at parties. I think introductions are the best form of entertainment.". Nº de ref. del artículo: 11893
Descripción 1p., 8vo. In good condition, lightly aged. John Bennion Booth discusses Turner in his 'Old Pink 'un Days' (1925). 'My Wife and I want to express to you and your daughters our great and very real sympathy in your great loss. I sincerely mourn with you for I have lost a very old friend of many years.' He hopes that 'Time, the great healer' will help her in her sorrow. Finck's 'In the Shadows' was one of the last songs played as RMS Titanic went down. Nº de ref. del artículo: 19626
Descripción East Mayfair [England]. January 17, 1855. 8vo. 1½ pages. Transmittal folds, fine. Charles Bridges (1794-1869), theologian and prolific religious author. Here writing to George Richard Corner (1801-1863), antiquary; notifying Corner that Bridges is sending an etching, a portrait of H.C. Englefield (c.1752-1822) -baronet, antiquary, science writer- "for your volume of antiquaries". The etching was accomplished by Mary Dawson Turner. Numerous works by Mary Dawson Turner (1774-1850) are held by the National Portrait Gallery. See ODNB. Nº de ref. del artículo: 3725715
Descripción 1p., 12mo. In fair condition, lightly aged and worn. The note reads: 'This is to certify that Mr. Turner has been under my care; and will be unable to return to business for the next ten days. | Walter J Coulson | Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons.' For more on Coulson, see his obituary in the British Medical Journal, 14 September 1889. Nº de ref. del artículo: 18637
Descripción See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 1p, 12mo. In fair condition, lightly aged; laid down on part of a leaf removed from an album. The male recipient is unnamed, and he signs 'Sho. Turner'. Begins: 'Dear Sir / I shall have great pleasure in accompanying you to Mrs [?]. But I would much rather go with you than meet you - and will therefore call upon you to morrow at No 24 Chapel Street Grosvenor Square at 1/2 past 5 precisely - unless you wish me to make it any other hour'. He thanks him for apologising for the short notice, 'But it happens to be a day on which I have no opposing engagement'. Nº de ref. del artículo: 25781