BIB_ID
107645
Accession number
MA 9792.1-10
Creator
Collins, F. Howard (Frederick Howard), 1857-1910.
Display Date
Birmingham, England, 1896-1900.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
10 items (28 pages) ; various sizes
Notes
Acquired as part of a large collection of letters addressed to William Angus Knight, Chair of Moral Philosophy at the University of St. Andrews and Wordsworth scholar. Items in the collection have been individually accessioned and cataloged.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Being a collection of ten autograph letters signed from F. Howard Collins to Professor Knight discussing a proposed portrait of Herbert Spencer to be painted by Hubert von Herkomer and for which they will be raising subscriptions with the help of Sir Joseph Hooker.
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