BIB_ID
80600
Accession number
MA 8820.1-7
Creator
Arnold, Richard Penrose, 1855-1908.
Display Date
1888-1904.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
7 items (22 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.
Richard Penrose Arnold was the third son of Matthew Arnold.
Richard Penrose Arnold was the third son of Matthew Arnold.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
A collection of 7 autograph letters signed, to William Angus Knight; written between 1888 and 1904 from London, Bournemouth, and several other locations in England; discussing his father's death; the memorials to Matthew Arnold in Westminster Abbey and at Oxford; editions of his father's poetry; letters in Richard Arnold's possession by the politician Richard Cobden; and his and his wife Ella's health and travels. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see related records for more information.
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