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Introduction
A
Papers of Sir Augustus Wall Callcott
(1779-1844)
A.1 Journals and Commonplace
books
A.2 Notes a family history
A.3 Notes mainly on the theory of
painting
A.4 Miscellaneous papers
B
Papers of Maria, Lady Callcott
(1785-1842)
B.1 Journal and commonplace
books
B.2 Memoirs
B.3 Manuscripts of Lady Callcott's works,
and drawings by her
B.4 Miscellaneous papers
C
Papers of other members of the
family
| Abstract: Papers of Sir Augustus Callcott (1779-1844), painter, and Maria, Lady Callcott (1785-1842), author and travel writer. |
Papers of Sir Augustus and Maria, Lady Callcott, 1768-c.1882. See also the separate catalogue for the papers of the Horsley family, who were related to the Callcotts through the marriage of Sir Augustus' niece, Elizabeth Wall Callcott (1793-1875) to William Horsley (1774-1858).
| Journal for part of
July 1805 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 2263 Extent: 10 leaves |
| Form of diary entitled 'Table of
contents of a Journey to Paris in
September 1814' Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 2264 Extent: 23 leaves |
| Diary of a visit to
Paris,n.d. , and notes entitled 'Memorandum of Paris,'
n.d. Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 2265 Extent: i + 39 leaves |
| Notebook containing anecdotes
numbered 51-74, n.d. Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2425 Extent: 36 leaves |
| Commonplace book with (fols.
19v-17v rev.) a list of library contents,
n.d. Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2426 Extent: 20 leaves |
| Extracts from the pocket books of
Dr. John Wall Callcott,
1766-1821 in Sir Augustus Wall Callcott's
hand, concerning family history,
1791-1803 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 2266 Extent: i + 10 leaves |
| 'Fragments of family history
written by Sir Augustus Wall Callcott a few years before his death in 1844' in
William Hutchins Callcott's hand, n.d. Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 2267 Extent: i + 24 leaves, 15-24 blank |
| Scrapbook containing transcripts
by William Hutchins Callcott of family papers,
1842-3 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 2268 Extent: ii + 23 leaves, 13-23 blank Scope and Content: Includes
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| Catalogue of oil paintings and
sketches by Sir Augustus Wall Callcott, n.d. [after 1844]
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 2269 Extent: 8 leaves |
| Auction sale catalogue of drawings
and sketches by Sir Augustus Wall Callcott and of his collection of old
masters, Christie & Manson,
8-11 May 1845 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 2270 Extent: 47 pages Scope and Content: With (fols. 33-47) a list of Callcott's patrons, 1831-44. |
| Volume containing (fols. 25-30)
Sir Augustus Wall Callcott's catalogue of his pictures, with notes on their
location,
1799-1842, and (fols. 31-47) journal of
Maria, Lady Callcott (then Maria Graham),
1816 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. b. 2020 Extent: 71 leaves, 1-24, 48-71 blank; green cloth Scope and Content: The catalogue includes later annotations by William Hutchins Callcott, n.d. Custodial History: Ownership inscription of William Hutchins Callcott. |
| Bound volume containing notes and
questions by Sir Augustus Wall Callcott on the theoretical nature of painting
and its relationship with the senses and emotions Shelfmark: Ms. Eng. c. 2725 Extent: 25 leaves, 13-21 blank Binding: half calf, marbled boards Scope and Content: With (fols. 7, 25v) two pen-and-ink sketches. |
| Bound notebook containing notes by
Sir Augustus Wall Callcott on technical aspects of painting, such as
composition, perspective and colour Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2726 Extent: 106 leaves Binding: vellum binding Scope and Content: With
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| Notes by Sir Augustus Wall
Callcott on principles, rules and techniques of painting,
1801,
1804-5,
1810s-20s, n.d. Shelfmark: MSS. Eng. c. 2727-8 Extent: 205, 98 leaves Scope and Content: With discussions of form, composition, colour, light and perspective, with some diagrams, and
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| Notes by Sir Augustus Wall
Callcott on 'Invention and its evidences' in art, with diagrams, n.d.
(watermark
1808) Shelfmark: MS. Eng. b. 2021 Extent: 49 leaves |
| Commonplace book of Sir Augustus
Wall Callcott, arranged alphabetically,
n.d. Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 2271 Extent: 71 leaves; quarter black calf, vellum corner pieces, marbled boards |
| Form of card index by Sir Augustus
Wall Callcott Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2427 Extent: 462 leaves Scope and Content: Contains
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| Index,
1813, to Michael Bryan's
Biographical and Critical Dictionary of Painters and
Engravers (London,
1813) Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 2272 Extent: 67 leaves Scope and Content: Annotated by Sir Augustus Wall Callcott, with dates of birth of artists, n.d. |
| Lists of painters, 13th-17th
cent., by Sir Augustus Wall Callcott, n.d. Shelfmark: MS. Eng. b. 2022 Extent: 56 leaves Scope and Content: Includes their dates of birth, and sometimes their nationalities and schools of painting. |
| Alphabetical lists, by Sir
Augustus Wall Callcott, of exhibitors at the Royal Academy (1769 to 1841),
n.d. Shelfmark: MS. Eng. b. 2023 Extent: 187 leaves Scope and Content: Arranged by their specialized fields, such as landscape, portrait etc. |
| Miscellaneous papers,
1815-16,
1842-3, n.d. Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2729 Extent: 195 leaves Scope and Content: Includes
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| Miscellaneous papers,
n.d. Shelfmark: MS. Eng. b. 2024 Extent: 16 leaves Scope and Content: Includes
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| Commonplace book,
1806 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2428 Extent: 74 leaves Binding: half black vellum, marbled boards Custodial History: Ownership inscription of William Hutchins Callcott. |
| Copy of Lady Callcott's journal,
written during her journey to India,
1808-9, and on her departure,
1811, made by Rosamund Gotch, 20th
cent. Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 2273 Extent: i + 163 leaves, 104-63 blank Binding: half black calf, marbled boards Note: Original diary in a small octavo volume inscribed on upper cover Journal/1808; bound in vellum, with metal clasp; destroyed due to damp and mould damage, March 1987. |
| Extracts from Lady Callcott's
journals, 1804-29, made by William Hutchins Callcott, n.d. (watermark
1846) Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 2274 Extent: ii + 42 pages |
| Typescript, n.d., made from a copy
in the Brazilian Archives, of Lady Callcott's account of her life in Brazil,
1824-6, originally dictated to the Hon.
Caroline Fox in
1834-5 and copied by James [John?] Allen,
Lord Holland's librarian Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2730 Extent: iii + 103 leaves |
| Journal of a tour by Lady Callcott
to Dresden, Munich and Milan, 1.12 May-9 Aug.
1827 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 2275 Extent: 149 leaves |
| Journal of a tour by Lady Callcott
to Dresden, Munich and Milan, 2.10 Aug. -24 Sept.
1827 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 2276 Extent: ii + 88 leaves |
| Journal of a tour by Lady Callcott
to Dresden, Munich and Milan, 3.25 Sept. -10 Nov.
1827 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 2277 = Cons. Res. Extent: 78 pages Restrictions on Use: Restricted for reasons of conservation. A copy is available: please order MS. Eng. d. 2277*. |
| Journal of a tour by Lady Callcott
to Dresden, Munich and Milan, 5.19 Nov. 1827-5 June
1828 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 2278 Extent: 80 leaves |
| Notes by Lady Callcott entitled
'Beginnings of heads of our tour in
1827' Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 2279 Extent: i + 20 pages |
| Account of German and Italian
tour by Lady Callcott,
1827 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 2280 Extent: i + 126 leaves Scope and Content: Includes (fols. 76-125) detailed list of paintings in Munich gallery, numbered according to a printed catalogue (Munich, 1825). |
| Journal of Lady Callcott, 13 Mar.
-7 May, 10-29 Aug.
1829 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2429 Extent: i + 117 leaves, 31-109 blank; quarter green calf, marbled boards Scope and Content: With rough notes for May-Aug. 1829, and (fols. 116 -115 rev.) memoranda of social engagements during the same period. |
| Journal of Lady Callcott,
21 Nov. -3 Dec. 1840 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 2281 Extent: iv + 18 pages |
| 'Reminiscences of Lady Callcott'
up to 1807 in an unidentified hand, n.d. (watermark
1835-6) Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2731 Extent: 143 leaves, 114-43 blank |
| Typescript of 'Reminiscences of
Lady Callcott,' as dictated to the Hon. Caroline Fox,
1836, n.d. Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 2282 Extent: i + 91 leaves Note: Original in a folio volume, inscribed on upper wrapper 'Life of Lady Callcott,' bound in paper wrapper over marbled boards; destroyed due to damp and mould damage, March 1987. |
| Copy of first part of
'Reminiscences' up to 1792, in an unidentified hand, made in
1884 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 2283 Extent: 21 leaves, 15-21 blank |
| Copy of Lady Callcott's
reminiscences,
1834, of Sir John Leslie, Professor of
Natural Philosophy at Edinburgh University in an unidentified hand,
n.d. Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 2284 Extent: 20 leaves |
| Notebook in the hand of William
Hutchins Callcott, containing dates in the life of Lady Callcott sent to C. R.
Dod for the
Annual Obituary Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 2285 Extent: 68 leaves, 15-68 blank Binding: half calf, marbled boards Scope and Content: With (fol. 10) a list of works by Lady Callcott and extracts from letters to her, 1811, n.d. |
| Notebook of William Hutchins
Callcott entitled 'Lady C's Life for Dod,' n.d. Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 2286 Extent: 9 leaves |
| 'Essays Towards a History of
Painting', by Lady Callcott with additional notes, n.d. (watermarks
1828-30,
1838,
1840) Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 2287 Extent: 36 leaves |
| Six 'Essays Towards a History of
Painting', by Lady Callcott, n.d. (watermark
1832) Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 2288 Extent: xiv + 314 pages, 271-314 blank Binding: half black calf, cloth boards |
| An incomplete copy of Lady
Callcott's
Essays Towards a History of Painting London,
1836 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2430 Extent: xlii + 273 pages, 229-73 blank Binding: black morocco Scope and Content: (Essays I-III only) interleaved with drawings by John Callcott Horsley, with (pp. 159-68) copies of letters to and from Richard Evans and Sir Augustus Wall Callcott, 1838. |
| Volume of wood engravings of
illustrations for Lady Callcott's work 'A Scripture Herbal,'
1842 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2431 Extent: iv + 122 leaves Binding: half black calf, decorated (floral) cloth boards Scope and Content: With identifying inscriptions by the author. |
| 'Extracts from some letters
written to a Person in Rome', n.d. (watermark
1834) Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2732 Extent: vi + 34 leaves Binding: half dark blue calf, decorated boards |
| Fair copy of MS. Eng. c. 2732
above, n.d. Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 2289 Extent: iii + 33 leaves |
| 'Six views in Italy sketched and
drawn on stone' by Lady Callcott, unpublished, n.d. Shelfmark: MS. Eng. b. 2025 Extent: 6 leaves |
| Drawings by Lady Callcott of
Tasso's Oak, Rome, with explanatory note, Monolithic Temples at Mahabrahpoor,
and Queen Elizabeth's Elm, Richmond,
1833-5, n.d. Shelfmark: MS. Eng. b. 2026 Extent: 4 leaves |
| Bound notebook containing material
by and about Thomas Campbell,
c.
1840 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2432 Extent: 35 leaves, 19-35 blank Binding: dark green morocco, gilt rules, lettered 'M. S. ' on upper cover Scope and Content: With extracts from letters to Lady Callcott, in the hand of William Hutchins Callcott, 1828-40. Custodial History: Ownership inscription of William Hutchins Callcott. |
| 'The Remembrancer for
1833' by John Callcott Horsley and 'W. A.
B. ', dedicated to Lady Callcott Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 2290 Extent: xiii + 269 pages Binding: polished green calf, gilt- and blind-tooled Scope and Content: Includes drawings by John and Fanny Horsley, Sir Augustus and Lady Callcott. |
| Miscellaneous papers,
1802-39, n.d. Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2733 Extent: 26 leaves Scope and Content: Includes
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| Drawings by John Callcott Horsley,
n.d. Shelfmark: MS. Eng. a. 2002 Extent: 22 leaves, 15-22 blank |
| The Original, a privately printed family magazine,
produced by John Wall Buckley,
1824 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 2291 Extent: 33 leaves |
| Anonymous journal of a journey to
Dresden, Berlin and Munich,
Aug. 1860 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2734 Extent: 77 leaves |
| Notebooks of William Hutchins Callcott
entitled 'The Callcott family papers' containing notes on family history, n.d.,
[c.1875-80] Shelfmark: MSS. Eng. d. 2292-3 Extent: ii + 20, 27 (11-20 blank) pages |
| Miscellaneous papers,
1768-1882 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2735 Extent: 32 leaves Scope and Content: Includes
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