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Robert Ker Porter manuscript material.
- Title
- Robert Ker Porter manuscript material.
- Author
- Porter, Robert Ker, Sir, 1777-1842.
- Publication
- 1823-1842
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Mixed material | Permit needed | Pforz MS | Schwarzman Building - Pforzheimer Collection Room 319 |
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- Description
- 5 items
- Summary
- · To Sir Francis Burdett, politician : 1 letter third person (transcript) : [composed 28 Apr 1842; copy date unknown] : (PORT 42.04.28) : from St. Petersburg : begins, "Though a personal stranger to Sir Francis Burdett, Sir Robert Ker Porter has the honour to address him in consequence if a request . . ."; in the hand of Jane Porter. Filed among the Jane Porter papers.
- · To John Harris, of Harris & Pearse, framemakers : 1 autograph letter signed : 12/24 [i.e., 24] Aug 1823 : (MISC 2577) : 1 page (double sheet) : from St. Petersburg : begins, "Will you be good enough to deliver to my friend Sir James Stuart or to any one he may send - with a with a written order I have forwarded to him - the sketches you have of mine of the Seige [sic] of Acre."
- · To Edward Magrath, secretary of the Athenaeum Club : 1 autograph letter signed : 21 Aug 1830 : (MISC 2576) : 2 pages (double sheet) : from Caracas : begins, "I have already acknowledges to you officially (in the accompanying letter) my elation as a member of the Athenaeum . . . ."
- · To Elias Mocatta, merchant : 1 autograph letter signed : 3 Apr 1830 : (MISC 2697) : 2 ¹/₂ pages (double sheet) : from Foreign Office : begins, "I have to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 26th . . . ."
- · To Martin Archer Shee, portrait painter and writer : 1 autograph letter signed : 18 Sep 1832 : (SHEE 0034) : 1 ¹/₂ pages (double sheet) : from Caracas : begins, "Allow me to most cordially recommend to your protection and attention, my young friend Mr Henry Woods . . . ." Mounted in the Martin Archer Shee autograph album.
- Subjects
- Note
- Also held by the Pforzheimer Collection are 80 letters addressed to Robert Ker Porter, some bearing his autograph notations, filed among the Jane Porter papers.
- Access (note)
- Restricted access;
- Biography (note)
- Sir Robert Ker Porter, English painter, writer, and diplomat.
- Call Number
- Pforz MS
- OCLC
- 1046449436
- Author
- Porter, Robert Ker, Sir, 1777-1842.
- Title
- Robert Ker Porter manuscript material.
- Production
- 1823-1842
- Access
- Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
- Biography
- Sir Robert Ker Porter, English painter, writer, and diplomat.
- Added Author
- Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844, addressee.Harris, John, 1757 or 1758-1826, addressee.Magrath, Edward, 1790-1861, addressee.Mocatta, Elias, 1798-1881, addressee.Shee, Martin Archer, 1769-1850, addressee.