- Collection Overview
- Collection Description & Creator Information
- Access & Use
- Collection History
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Collection Overview
- Collector:
- Princeton University. Library. Special Collections
- Title:
- Pre-Raphaelite collection
- Repository:
- Manuscripts Division
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/2b88qc21w
- Dates:
- 1858-1931
- Size:
- 1 box, 0.2 linear feet
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (scamss): Box 1
- Language:
- English
Abstract
Consists of letters written by members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and by individuals associated with or interested in this movement.
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Scope and Contents
The collection consists of letters written by members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and by individuals associated with or interested in this movement. Included are letters by William Holman-Hunt, William Morris, Walter Theodore Watts-Dunton, William Sharp, Thomas Woolner, Frederick George Stephens, and Ford Maddox Brown.
A major addition to the collection consists of letters by Pre-Raphaelites divided into two groups: 1) letters to Vernon Lushington (1832-1912) and other Lushington family members; 2) letters to others. Letter writers include Edward C. Burne-Jones, William Holman Hunt, Frederic Leighton, John Everett Millais, Morris family members, Rossetti family members, John Ruskin, Alfred Tennyson, G. F. Wallis, and Thomas Woolmer.
- Arrangement
Arranged by correspondent name.
Collection History
- Acquisition:
The Lushington family additions were purchased with support from the Richard M. Ludwig Endowment established by Michael Spence, Class of 1966, in 2010 .
- Appraisal
No appraisal information is available.
- Processing Information
Folder inventory added by Hilde Creager (2015) in 2012.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use
Single copies may be made for research purposes. To cite or publish quotations that fall within Fair Use, as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission is required. For instances beyond Fair Use, it is the responsibility of the researcher to determine whether any permissions related to copyright, privacy, publicity, or any other rights are necessary for their intended use of the Library's materials, and to obtain all required permissions from any existing rights holders, if they have not already done so. Princeton University Library's Special Collections does not charge any permission or use fees for the publication of images of materials from our collections, nor does it require researchers to obtain its permission for said use. The department does request that its collections be properly cited and images credited. More detailed information can be found on the Copyright, Credit and Citations Guidelines page on our website. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us through the Ask Us! form.
- Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.
- Credit this material:
Pre-Raphaelite collection; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/2b88qc21w
- Location:
-
Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (scamss): Box 1
Find More
- Subject Terms:
- Artists -- England. -- 19th century
Pre-Raphaelites -- England.
Pre-Raphaelitism. - Genre Terms:
- Letters