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Author: Whistler, James Abbot McNeill >>
Address: -
Recipient: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: [15A Grafton Street]
Date: [1880?] 
Document Type: Letter (1 p.)
Content Summary: Whistler would have liked a busy Irving to see his Venice. It is the last day but it is next door at The Fine Art Society 148 New Bond Street.
Published: -
Notes: Butterfly motif drawn below written letter. Henry Irving, Esq. on back. Venice comprised two sets of engravings, drawn 1879-80. Summarised with permission of Glasgow University.
Document Holder: THM (Reference: THM/37/7/42)
Ref.No: 4670    
Author: Power, Jane D. >>
Address: 4, South Bank Terrace, Kensington
Recipient: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: -
Date: [1880?], June, 2 
Document Type: Letter (3 p.)
Content Summary: A request for Irving's autograph. She has tried to get a letter of Irving's from her son but to no avail, therefore, is taking the liberty of writing.
Published: -
Notes: Black edged mourning paper. Mother of Clavering Power?
Document Holder: THM (Reference: THM/37/7/34)
Ref.No: 2765    
Author: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: 15A, Grafton Street, Bond Street, W
Recipient: Pollock, Juliet >>
Address: [London]
Date: [1880?] Thursday
Document Type: Letter (2 p.)
Content Summary: Tell him before 12 o'clock the next day how many make up Knowles' party? He needs to order carriages.
Published: -
Notes: This may be Sir James Knowles, the friend of Tennyson.
Document Holder: THM (Reference: THM/37/7/5)
Ref.No: 2647    
Author: Yates, Edmund Hodgson >>
Address: The Temple, Goring, Oxfordshire
Recipient: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: -
Date: 1880, June, 3 
Document Type: Letter (1 p.)
Content Summary: Many thanks but they have a friend coming to spend the 27th there. Irving should not be offended by Yates hinting that Irving should notice a letter of introduction sent by Mr W.A. Sewsen (?) of New York. He is a very influential man both in society and the best press there and an excellent fellow. His address in London is Westminster Palace Hotel!
Published: -
Notes:
Document Holder: THM (Reference: THM/37/7/44)
Ref.No: 4461    
Author: Lacy, Walter >>
Address: 33 Maddox St W.
Recipient: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: -
Date: 1880, June, 6 
Document Type: Letter (2 p.)
Content Summary: He wanted to see Irving that day but chose wrong time. What a charming print of Mrs Brown. He has not yet seen Long's praised portrait of Irving as Hamlet at the [Royal] Academy. He asks for a box or 2 stalls for Wednesday. The young ladies at the RAM [Royal Academy of Music] are enraptured with Irving's Sir Tristram [Tristan]. Wishes Irving prosperity.
Published: -
Notes: Addressed "My dear Henry Irving". The engraving was probably of Edwin Long's portrait of Hannah Brown who had died in 1878.
Document Holder: LDS (Reference: BC MS 19c Stoker)
Ref.No: 7994    
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