collection of ephemera<\/a> of materials relating to Leigh Hunt donated by Kenneth G. Brooks is described below.<\/p>\n1. Leigh Hunt, Aged 17. Two copies of same image, an oval about 3 by 3 3\/4ths inches: 1. sepia-toned photograph with caption which reads, “From a miniature by R. Bowyer.” 2. lithographic print (black and white) with caption which reads, “From a pencil sketch by Daniel Madise, R.A.”<\/p>\n
2. Photocopy of 10\/4\/84 letter from Richard H.E. Russell to Frank Paluka enclosing 3 color photographs: photo of the Williams portrait, photo of the Hayter(?) portrait, and photo of The Silver Cup. 10\/4\/84. Reproductions and negatives available for Williams and Hayter photos.<\/p>\n
3. Photograph (black and white) of an oval painting of Leigh Hunt; about 2 1\/4 x 3 inches.<\/p>\n
4. Leigh Hunt, with top hand and gloves, standing; signed “A. Croquis, del.” in lower right corner. Reproductions available.<\/p>\n
5. Leigh Hunt: “On stone, from life, by G.H. Ford. Ford & George, lith. 64, Hatton Garden.” Black and white lithograph, about 4 x 5 1\/2 inches. Reproductions available.<\/p>\n
6. Photograph (black and white, 5 x 7 inches) of painting of Leigh Hunt by Margaret Gillies in the National Portrait Gallery. Reproductions available.<\/p>\n
7. Engraving of Leigh Hunt by J.R. Rice (“etat 36”). Image is about 2 1\/2 x 5 inches; plate is 7 x 10 1\/2 inches). Reproductions and negative available.<\/p>\n
8. “Leigh Hunt painted by Jackson.” Black and white print (probably engraving, possibly lithograph; image size about 4 x 5 1\/2 inches). Reproductions available.<\/p>\n
9. Leigh Hunt. Engraving, by J. Hayter, del. Published by H. Wright Smith. Image size about 2 1\/2 x 4 inches. Reproductions available.<\/p>\n
10. Carte de viste, about 2 1\/2 by 4 inches, by Guilio Rossi, pittore, fotografo, Milano, Genova. Photograph of a pencil sketch of Leigh Hunt. Reproduction and negative available.<\/p>\n
11. Anne Gliddon’s drawing of Leigh Hunt, December 9, 1841; pencil enhanced with white. Circular, about 4 1\/4 inches in diameter. Reproductions available.<\/p>\n
12. Photograph (black and white) of Leigh Hunt portrait by S. Laurence, 1837, in the National Portrait Gallery, about 6 1\/2 x 7 inches. Reproductions available.<\/p>\n
13. Photograph (color) of Leigh Hunt portrait in oil owned by Richard Russell (England). 3 1\/2 x 5 inches.<\/p>\n
14. Photograph (black and white) of Leigh Hunt portrait by B.R. Haydon in the National Portrait Gallery. About 6 x 7 1\/4 inches. Reproductions available.<\/p>\n
15. Leigh Hunt: From a pencil sketch by Daniel Maclise, R.A. Photograph (black and white), 3 x 5 inches.<\/p>\n
16. Thorton Hunt, a sketch by Charles Gliddon, 1871. Photograph (black and white), about 4 x 6 inches. Reproduction available.<\/p>\n
17. John Hunt. Pencil sketch. Poem (apparently in John Hunt’s hand) attached. Negative available.<\/p>\n
18. Supposed portrait of Marianne Hunt. Pencil and white crayon on green-toned paper, in circle about 6 inches in diameter. Negative available.<\/p>\n
19. Miss Ellen Tree, as Ion. Hand-colored lithograph, about 9 x 11 inches. W. Clerk, lith., 202 High Holburn; London: Published by Glover & Co., Water Lane, Fleet St., Designed for & presented GRATIS with No. 125 of the FLY.<\/p>\n
20. Luther Brewer, portrait (1). Photograph (black and white), 5 x 7 inches.<\/p>\n
21. Luther Brewer, portrait (2). Photograph (black and white), 5 x 7 inches.<\/p>\n
22. Luther Brewer, full length, in front of book cases (3). Photograph, 5 x 7 inches.<\/p>\n
23. Engraving. Caption reads, “Yours affectionately, John Keats.” Image about 3 1\/4 x 4 1\/4 inches, plate size about 9 1\/2 x11 inches, on heavy paper. Reproduction available.<\/p>\n
24. Shelley: Woodcut by Gabriel Pippet. Print on thin paper and possibly a proof. Image about 2 1\/2 x 4 3\/4 inches.<\/p>\n
25. Silhouette of Lord Byron. Photographic negative. Image about 3 x 3 1\/2 inches.<\/p>\n
26. Vincent Novello. Painted by his son Edward Petre Novello. Engraved by William Humphreys. Peter Jackson, London and Paris. Image size about about 4 x 5 inches. Negative available.<\/p>\n
27. Leigh Hunt’s monument in Kensal Green Cemetary, London. Seven photographs (black and white) taken from different positions and dated July 8, 1925 on verso. About 3 1\/4 x 5 1\/4 inches. Reproductions available.<\/p>\n
28. Desmond Leigh-Hunt with his wife and relatives at Leigh Hunt’s grave in 1954. Color photograph, 4 x 6 inches. Cover letter dated 22 June 1984 from Desmond Leigh-Hunt which indentifies individuals pictured and mentions family tree.<\/p>\n
29. Leigh Hunt’s birthplace, Eagle Hall, Southgate. Picture postcard (black and white), about 3 1\/2 x 5 1\/2 inches. Other views of Eagle Hall can be found in William Howitt, Homes and Haunts of the Most Eminent British Poets<\/em> (1847), volume 2 page 396, and Nicholas Roe, Fiery Heart<\/em> (2005).<\/p>\n30. Leigh Hunt’s house in Upper Cheyne Row #22 (formerly row #4). Photograph (black and white) taken about July 7, 1925. About 3 1\/2 x 5 1\/2 inches. Negative available.<\/p>\n
31. Leigh Hunt’s house in Upper Cheyne Row #22 (formerly row #4). July 7, 1925. Black and white photograph (close-up view), about 3 1\/2 x 5 1\/2 inches.<\/p>\n
32. “Vale of Health Cottage of Leigh Hunt \/ from L.A. Holman.” Photograph (black and white), about 4 1\/4 x 6 1\/2 inches. Negative available.<\/p>\n
33. Grammar school at Christ’s Hospital. Hand-colored engraving, about 5 1\/2 x 3 3\/4 inches. With 1931 letter from Fredk. B. Daniell & Son, London, offering Brewer the architect’s (John Shaw, Jr.) drawing, signed, and referring to an enclosed photograph (here present – black and white, about 10 x inches) which shows the Grammar, Mathematical and Drawing Schools, with dormitories over, as added in 1832. A pencil note on the letter suggests Brewer declined the offer (perhaps because he already owned this engraving). Black & white reproduction available.<\/p>\n
34. “#13 Mortimer Terrace, Kentishtown. From L.A. Holman.” Photograph (black and white), about 6 1\/2 x 4 1\/2 inches.<\/p>\n
35. “Overlooking a city” (as captioned in pencil on our folder). Engraving or lithograph, about 4 x 7 1\/2 inches. View of lake or sea in background, and palm trees, suggests tropical or Mediterranean location.<\/p>\n
36. “Street Scene” (as captioned in pencil on our folder). Two photographs (black and white) of a fore-edge painting which appears to be captioned “Duke of Parma”. About 7 1\/2 x 2 3\/4 inches.<\/p>\n
37. Black and white photographic negative captioned “House, 1865.”<\/p>\n
38. Oxford. Plate and engraving by Wm & Jn Walker from an original drawing by Days. Publish’d Feb. 1, 1792, by J. Walker, No. 16 Rosemans Street, London. Much later offset reproduction, about 6 1\/2 x 4 1\/4 inches.<\/p>\n
39. Silhouette of Keats by Mrs. Leigh Hunt. Newspaper clipping, image said to be from a photograph in possession of Louis A. Holman. about 4 x 4 1\/2 inches.<\/p>\n
40. Newspaper clipping: “Writers and Books. The Literary World of Today,” Transcript<\/i>, February 25, 1931. Reproduction available.<\/p>\n
41. Newspaper clipping: “Notes for Bibliophiles,” edited by Leonard L. Machall, New York Herald Tribune Books<\/i>, Sunday, March 8, 1931. Duplicate available.<\/p>\n
42. “Christmas Greeting From Ellen Calder Keeler.” Probably the proof of an engraving intended for the cover of a Christmas card. About 3 x 4 inches.<\/p>\n
43. “Ex Libris Louise E. Winterburn.” Bookplate.<\/p>\n
44. “Frae the books o’ Horace E. Macdonald.” Bookplate.<\/p>\n
45. “Christmas Greeting from Blackwell’s, 1975.” Greeting card which reproduces Edward Bawden’s Oxford Mural. The mural includes Shelley and Leigh Hunt’s son.<\/p>\n
46. A four stanza poem which begins: “Did ever Sorrow come alone \/ never, never…” signed “C.F.W. \/ 1821.” Affixed to the (pinkish) sheet (about 8 x 14 inches) on which the poem is written is a water color drawing or lithograph (about 3 x 3 3\/4 inches) which appears to be signed (on the text sheet) “R. Hunt”.<\/p>\n
47. Short biographical note in a 19th century copperplate hand, about 9 x 12 inches.<\/p>\n
48. Address portion of an envelope pasted to a larger sheet, with pencil note, “not Hunt as claimed.”<\/p>\n
49. Hunt family tree, offset printed. About 9 x 4 1\/2 inches on a larger sheet. Date unknown. Reproductions available.<\/p>\n
50. Luther Brewer’s bookplate, designed by Sidney L. Smith. Etcher’s trial proof.<\/p>\n
51. “The Hunt Family from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century,” the Hunt family tree, researched by Nicholas Roe<\/p>\n
52. “Mary, Mary, list, awake,” photocopy of song and musical score by Leigh Hunt<\/p>\n
<\/a>Kenneth G. Brooks Addendum<\/strong><\/p>\n8 holograph copies of letters written to\/from Leigh Hunt<\/p>\n
4 copies of manuscript fragments<\/p>\n
Approximately 50 handwritten copies of letters to\/from Leigh Hunt written in various hands; 30 typewritten copies<\/p>\n
3 bound notebooks containing notes and handwritten transcriptions of letters to\/from Leigh Hunt presumably written in Brooks\u2019 hand<\/p>\n
John Bull<\/em>, No. 25, Sunday, June 3, 1831.<\/p>\nLeigh Hunt\u2019s London Journal<\/em>, No. 24, Wednesday, September 10, 1834.<\/p>\nClipping, \u201cManuscripts and Letters of Leigh Hunt and His Sons,\u201d The Ingatherer<\/em>, 1929, No. 2<\/p>\nClipping, \u201cMiniatures in the Pierpont Morgan Collection. V. \u2013 A portrait of James H. Leigh Hunt,\u201d The Royal Scottish Academy<\/em><\/p>\nClipping from The Ladies Newspaper<\/em>, June 26, 1847.<\/p>\nCatalog transcript of Leigh Hunt letter to Lord Byron, Plymouth, January 27, 1822.<\/p>\n
Miscellaneous notes<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
7\/2002; updated 5\/2003; items 51, 52 added 1\/2009; Brooks addenda added 6\/2010<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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