Papers of the Horsley family, 18th-20th cent.

University of Oxford, Bodleian Library

Anna Bunney

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Cataloguing was made possible by a grant from the Arthur Andersen & Co. Foundation in 1989.

Conversion to EAD supported by the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation

Catalogue of the papers of the Horsley family (18th-20th cent.)

Abstract:
Papers of the Horsley family, 18th to 20th cent., including papers of the musician William Horsley (1774-1858), and papers of the artists John Callcott Horsley (1817-1903), and Rosamund Horsley (1864-1949), son and daughter of William Horsley.

Shelfmarks: MSS. Eng. a. 2001, b. 2003-9, c. 2196-269, d. 2058-95, e. 2134-304

Scope and content

This collection consists of diaries, correspondence, drawings and other papers of four generations of the Horsley family, each of which produced talented men and women, especially in the fields of art, music and the theatre. The papers provide a wide variety of material for the study of 19th- and early 20th-century society and family life. For accounts of the collection see Bodleian Library Record, XIII (1988-91), 69-71, 330-3.

Section A contains the papers of the musician William Horsley (1774-1858), famous for his glees, of which five volumes were published in the early years of the 19th century. It was through his position as organist to the Asylum for Female Orphans at Dulwich that he became a close friend of the composer John Wall Callcott, whose eldest daughter he married in 1813. A long run of William's diaries (MSS. Eng. e. 2134-80) cover the greater part of his adult life. Three volumes of copies of his out-letters (MSS. Eng. c. 2196-7, d. 2058) reflect his wide circle of friends and associates from 1822. A collection of printed music by or belonging to him, given with the family papers, is separately catlogued as [pr. bk.] Horsley in the Music Section of the Bodleian.

William Horsley's compositions were much admired by the young Mendelssohn, who became a family friend and frequent visitor at the Horsley's home, 1 High Row, Kensington. Mendelssohn's friendship is chronicled in the letters Fanny and Sophy Horsley, William's daughters, wrote to their aunt Lucy Callcott (MSS. Eng. c. 2243-5). The letters formed the basis of Rosmund Brunel Gotch, Mendelssohn and his friends in Kensington (London, etc., 1934). Twenty letters from Mendelssohn to members of the family and several pieces of autograph music (including an arrangement for piano duet of the 'Overture to the Isles of Fingal'), part of this collection, are described (as MSS. Horsley b. 1, c. 1) in Peter Ward Jones, Catalogue of the Mendelssohn papers in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, III (Tutzing, 1989), 308-11. The activities of this generation of the Horsley family are also illustrated in a family magazine which Fanny and Sophy compiled in 1828-9 (MS. Eng. e. 2181), in Fanny's sketch-books and autograph album (MSS. Eng. e. 2182-4, d. 2061) and in programmes of concerts and texts of plays performed by the children (MS. Eng. c. 2203). Sophy was an energetic correspondent, whose interesting letters to her eldest sister Mary, wife of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, survive in MSS. Eng. c. 2199-202.

Section B contains the papers of William's eldest son, John Callcott Horsley (1817-1903), who achieved fame as a painter. A Fellow of the Royal Academy from 1856, he was best known for his domestic and genre paintings. The correspondence of J.C. Horsley and his second wife Rose, their letters to each other and to and from their five children and members of their wider families (MSS. Eng. c. 2204-20, c. 2237-9) provide a wealth of material for studies of Victorian childhood and family life, which can be supplemented by the long series of diaries kept by Rose over a period of sixty years (MSS. Eng. e. 2194-220). J.C. Horsley's general correspondence (MSS. Eng. c. 2221-6) includes many letters from contemporary artists - among them Millais, Holman Hunt and Frith. Three volumes of letters and papers concern Horsley's work on the frescoes for the Upper Waiting Hall in the new Houses of Parliament (MSS. Eng. c. 2227-9).

Section C contains papers of J.C. Horsley's youngest daughter Rosamund (1864-1949). A talented artist in her own right, she designed costumes for the Royal College of Music and for many amateur productions in Oxford. She published two works relating to her family: in 1934 Mendelssohn and his friends in Kensington, based on the letters of her father's sisters, Fanny and Sophy, for the years 1833-6 (MSS. Eng. c. 2243-5), and in 1937 a biography of Maria, Lady Callcott, the creator of 'Little Arthur'. Correspondence and papers concerning her publications are in MSS. Eng. c. 2241-6, d. 2068-73. A fascinating series of her sketch-books survives as MSS. Eng. d. 2074-90, e. 2261-8. A detailed list of their contents is available on request. She married Professor Francis Gotch. Photographs of the Gotch family and of their Oxford home, 'The Lawn', 89 Banbury Road are MSS. Eng. c. 2266-8, b. 2009.

Section D contains a small group of Callcott family papers, including later letters of Fanny and Sophy Horsley to their aunt Lucy Callcott (MS. Eng. c. 2256), an autograph album begun by Lucy Callcott and continued by Rosamund Gotch and her daughter (MS. Eng. e. 2296) and a volume of newspaper cuttings relating to the Royal Academy and academicians, 1858-73 (MS. Eng. d. 2094). A collection of Callcott family papers was given to the Library by the descendants of that family, through the Ashmolean Museum in 1987. A group of papers of Emma Haden (1794-1881), mother of J.C. Horsley's wife Rose, makes up section E of the collection (MSS. Eng. c. 2256, d. 2094, e. 2296). It includes diaries, correspondence and account books, mainly from the first half of the 19th century. A fine collection of family photographs from the mid-19th century to the 1950s is preserved as MSS. Eng. b. 2008-9, c. 2263-9.

Acquistion

The collection was given to the Library by the descendants of Rosamund Brunel Gotch (née Horsley) in 1987.

A   William Horsley and Family, 1809-88

A.1   Diaries of William Horsley, 1809-54, 1856

Shelfmarks: MSS. Eng. e. 2134-80

Binding: Mainly bound in calf 'wallet' bindings, 1809-36, or cloth, 1836-56.

Written in a variety of printed diaries, including The Daily Journal: or Gentleman's, Merchant's, and Tradesman's Complete Annual Accompt-Book, 1810-36, and Letts's Diary or Bills Due Book and Almanack, 1838-54.


1809
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2134
Extent: 95 leaves


1810
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2135
Extent: 94 leaves


1811
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2136
Extent: 94 leaves


1812
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2137
Extent: 94 leaves


1813
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2138
Extent: 93 leaves


1814
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2139
Extent: 92 leaves


1815
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2140
Extent: 92 leaves


1816
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2141
Extent: 95 leaves


1817
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2142
Extent: 95 leaves


1818
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2143
Extent: 93 leaves


1819
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2144
Extent: 93 leaves


1820
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2145
Extent: 92 leaves


1821
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2146
Extent: 94 leaves


1822
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2147
Extent: 94 leaves


1823
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2148
Extent: 93 leaves


1824
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2149
Extent: 96 leaves


1825
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2150
Extent: 98 leaves


1826
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2151
Extent: 97 leaves


1827
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2152
Extent: 98 leaves


1828
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2153
Extent: 98 leaves


1829
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2154
Extent: 97 leaves


1830
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2155
Extent: 97 leaves


1831
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2156
Extent: 104 leaves


1832
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2157
Extent: 113 leaves


1833
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2158
Extent: 109 leaves


1834
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2159
Extent: 107 leaves


1835
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2160
Extent: 107 leaves


1836
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2161
Extent: 108 leaves


1837
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2162
Extent: 44 leaves


1838
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2163
Extent: 89 leaves


1839
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2164
Extent: 104 leaves


1840
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2165
Extent: 101 leaves


1841
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2166
Extent: 106 leaves


1842
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2167
Extent: 108 leaves


1843
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2168
Extent: 108 leaves


1844
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2169
Extent: 114 leaves


1845
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2170
Extent: 128 leaves


1846
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2171
Extent: 127 leaves


1847
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2172
Extent: 117 leaves


1848
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2173
Extent: 128 leaves


1849
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2174
Extent: 142 leaves


1850
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2175
Extent: 144 leaves


1851
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2176
Extent: 141 leaves


1852
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2177
Extent: 144 leaves


1853
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2178
Extent: 142 leaves


1854
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2179
Extent: 146 leaves


1856
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2180
Extent: 54 leaves

A.2   Letter-books of William Horsley, containing letters to various correspondents, 1822-54

Shelfmarks: MSS. Eng. c. 2196-7, d. 2058


1822-36
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 2058
Extent: 153 leaves
Binding: bound in half vellum, papered boards


1838-43, 1854
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2196
Extent: 47 leaves
Binding: disbound (sewn) sections, inserted loosely in marbled wrappers


1843-54
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2197
Extent: 51 leaves
Binding: disbound (sewn) sections, inserted loosely in marbled wrappers

A.3   Correspondence and papers of William Horsley, 1809-88

Shelfmarks: MSS. Eng. c. 2198-2203, d. 2059-63, e. 2181-5


Letters and papers of William Horsley and his wife, Elizabeth Hutchins Horsley (née Callcott), 1809-72
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2198
Extent: 337 leaves

Includes



Copy of the will and codicils of William Horsley, 1843-54
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 2059
Extent: 3 items

With (item 3) probate copy, 1858.



Leases of the family home No. 1, High Row, Kensington, London, 1809-41
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 2060
Extent: 5 items


Letters to Mary, eldest daughter of William and Elizabeth Horsley, wife of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, c.1841-1852
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2199
Extent: 113 leaves

Mainly from her mother and her sister, Sophy, with some letters to and from other members of the family.



Letters as MS. Eng. c. 2199 above, c.1857-July 1858
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2200
Extent: 120 leaves


Letters as MS. Eng. c. 2199 above, Aug. 1858-Feb. 1859
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2201
Extent: 82 leaves


Letters as MS. Eng. c. 2199 above, Mar. 1859-1878
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2202
Extent: 89 leaves


Letters and papers of Fanny, Sophy and Charles Horsley, children of William and Elizabeth, 1830-88
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2203
Extent: 132 leaves

Includes



'Gravel Pit Journals', seven volumes of a family magazine, 1828-9
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2181
Extent: 52 leaves
Binding: marbled and (fols. 21-8) plain wrappers

Compiled by Fanny and Sophy Horsley.



Autograph album of Fanny Horsley, 1832-7
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2182
Extent: 69 leaves, 32-65 blank
Binding: red 'cuir bouilli' binding, gilt-edged paper

Includes (fol. 15) a drawing of No. 1, High Row, Kensington, by Felix Mendelssohn, 1832.



Sketch-book of Fanny Horsley, 1842-5
Shelfmark: MS.Eng. e. 2183
Extent: 28 leaves
Binding: half red calf, marbled boards

Compiled after her marriage to Seth Thompson.



Sketch-book of Fanny Horsley, 1843
Shelfmark: MS.Eng. e. 2184
Extent: 37 leaves
Binding: quarter green calf, cloth boards


Sketch-book of Fanny Horsley, 1840s
Shelfmark: MS.Eng. d. 2061
Extent: 54 leaves
Binding: disbound


The Shakespeare Birthday Book, given to Sophy Horsley in 1875
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2185
Extent: v + 276 leaves

Contains mainly signatures of friends.

Note: Damaged by damp


Scrap-book, 1809-35
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 2062
Extent: 37 leaves
Binding: disbound

Probably of the Horsley family, containing miscellaneous letters and bills, some from servants.



Commonplace book, 19th cent.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 2063
Extent: 136 leaves
Binding: embossed cloth, lower cover and spine missing

Probably compiled by various members of the Horsley family, including many copies of poems in Danish, Swedish, French, German and English.


B   John Callcott Horsley and family, 19th-20th cent.

B.1   Journals and diary of J.C. Horsley, 1842-52

Shelfmarks: MSS. Eng. d. 2064-5, e. 2186


Two fragments of travel journals by J.C. Horsley, eldest son of William and Elizabeth, n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 2064
Extent: 12 leaves

Written on visits to Haddon Hall and Wales.



Notebook containing some journal entries and sketches by J.C. Horsley made on a tour to Genoa, 1842
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 2065
Extent: 155 leaves, 42-52 blank
Binding: half black calf, marbled boards
Note: He was accompanied by Isambard Kingdom Brunel and another friend.


Diary of J.C. Horsley, 1852 (the year his first wife died)
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2186
Extent: 68 leaves
Binding: embossed cloth

Written in Renshaw's Diary and Printed Almanac.


B.2   Letters to J.C. Horsley and his wives, 1837-67

Shelfmarks: MS. Eng. c. 2204


Letters to J.C. Horsley, Elvira Walter and Rose Haden, from J. C. Horsley's parents, William and Elizabeth Horsley, 1837-67, n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2204
Extent: 156 leaves

B.3   Papers of Elvira Horsley, 1834-56

Shelfmarks: MSS. Eng. c. 2205, e. 2188-91


Correspondence and papers of Elvira Horsley and members of the Walter family, 1834-56, n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2205
Extent: 115 leaves


Account book of Elvira Horsley, 1848-9
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2188
Extent: 31 leaves
Binding: red calf

Contains notes of household expenses.



Account book of Elvira Horsley, 1849-51
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2189
Extent: 39 leaves
Binding: red calf

Contains notes of household expenses



Cash book of Elvira Horsley, 1849-50
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2190
Extent: 29 leaves
Binding: red calf


Printed notebook, Souvenir, n.d., with a few notes by Elvira Horsley, c.1846-52
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2191
Extent: 22 leaves
Binding: red silk wrappers, inserted in a gilt steel cover, with a framed water-colour of a rural scene (under glass, on the upper cover), red silk pastedowns (French, early 19th cent.)

B.4   Letters from J.C. Horsley to his second wife Rose, 1853-1902

Shelfmarks: MSS. Eng. c. 2206-11


1853-Sept. 1855
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2206
Extent: 248 leaves


Nov. 1855-June 1858
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2207
Extent: 289 leaves


July 1858-1865
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2208
Extent: 268 leaves


1866-Nov. 1875
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2209
Extent: 232 leaves


1876-81
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2210
Extent: 110 leaves


1882-93, n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2211
Extent: 128 leaves

With (fols. 53-128) letters to J. C. Horsley from Rose, c.1853-1878, n.d.


B.5   Letters to J.C. Horsley and Rose Horsley, 1838-98

B.5.1   Letters from members of the Horsley and Haden families, 1838-98

Shelfmarks: MSS. Eng. c. 2212-14


1838-52
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2212
Extent: 152 leaves


1853-75
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2213
Extent: 155 leaves


1876-98, n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2214
Extent: 83 leaves

B.5.2   Letters to J.C. Horsley and Rose Horsley from their children and grandchildren, 1853-1909

Shelfmarks: MSS. Eng. c. 2215-20


Letters from various of their children, 1853-73
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2215
Extent: 278 leaves


Letters from Walter, c.1874-96, n.d., and (fols. 87-162) Victor, 1874-82
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2216
Extent: 162 leaves


Letters from their younger children Fanny, Gerald and Rosamund, 1874-9
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2217
Extent: 225 leaves


Letters from their daughter Fanny, 1880-97, n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2218
Extent: 133 leaves


Letters from their son Gerald, 1885-98, and (fols. 114-68) from their daughter Rosamund, 1880-2
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2219
Extent: 168 leaves


Letters from Rosamund, 1882-1909, n.d., and (fols. 135-77) from their grandchildren, 1893-1906, n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2220
Extent: 177 leaves


B.6   General correspondence of J.C. Horsley, 1830-1903

Shelfmarks: MSS. Eng. c. 2221-6

Mainly letters to him, with a few letters and drafts from him.


1830-55
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2221
Extent: 231 leaves


1856-63
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2222
Extent: 200 leaves


1864-Aug. 1875
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2223
Extent: 196 leaves


Oct. 1875-June 1884
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2224
Extent: 176 leaves


July 1884-1903
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2225
Extent: 129 leaves


Undated letters
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2226
Extent: 163 leaves
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically Barker-Woodford

B.7   Letters and papers of J.C. Horsley, relating to the frescoes for the Upper Waiting Hall of the House of Lords, 1842-8

Shelfmarks: MSS. Eng. c. 2227-9


1842-3
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2227
Extent: 105 leaves


1844-Aug. 1846
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2228
Extent: 161 leaves


Dec. 1846-1848, n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2229
Extent: 78 leaves

B.8   Miscellaneous papers of J.C. Horsley, 19th-20th cent.

Shelfmarks: MSS. Eng. b. 2003, c. 2230-3, d. 2066, e. 2187, e. 2192-3


Henry G. Clarke, A Hand-Book Guide to the Cartoons Now Exhibiting in Westminster Hall (London 1843)
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2192
Extent: 18 leaves


Catalogue of the Prize Cartoons Exhibiting at the Suffolk Street Gallery, Pall Mall [1843]
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2193
Extent: 8 pages
Note: Cartoons for the House of Lords frescoes.


Letters to J.C. Horsley, 1845-8, n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2230
Extent: 93 leaves

With some draft letters by him, relating to the School of Design, London.



Reminiscences of J.C. Horsley, late 19th cent.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2231
Extent: 384 leaves

Possibly written by Mrs. Edmund Helps, with some notes and alterations by Horsley, probably a draft for his Recollections of a Royal Academician, edited by Mrs. Edmund Helps (London, 1903), with (fols. 376-81) proofs and other copies of the illustrations for the book.



Miscellaneous papers of J.C. Horsley, 1846-1903, n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2232
Extent: 135 leaves

Mainly domestic and financial, including



Autographs probably collected by J.C. Horsley, 19th cent.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2233
Extent: 98 leaves


Prints and engravings and other copies of paintings by J. C. Horsley, 19th-20th cent.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. b. 2003
Extent: 16 leaves

Includes a set of Raphael Tuck and Sons, Royal Academy Cards, painted by him.



Exercise books containing notes, 1831
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 2066
Extent: 21 leaves, 6-15 blank
Binding: marbled wrappers

Notes, probably by John Callcott Horsley, of lectures by Sir Richard Westmacott on sculpture and (fols. 20v-16 rev.) by Thomas Phillips on painting, delivered at the Royal Academy,



Account book of J.C. Horsley, 1853
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2187
Extent: 41 leaves, 22-40 blank;
Binding: red calf

Contains notes of general and household expenses.


B.9   Travel journals of Rose Horsley, 1836-48

Shelfmarks: MSS. Eng. e. 2194-7

Binding: Disbound notebooks, a few pages missing

1836-9
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2194
Extent: 18 leaves


1839-40
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2195
Extent: 120 leaves


1840-2
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2196
Extent: 144 leaves


1848
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2197
Extent: 36 leaves

B.10   Diaries of Rose Horsley, 1848-1908

Shelfmarks: MSS. Eng. e. 2198-253

Written in a variety of printed diaries, mainly Harwood's Diamond Diary with an Almanack. Many covers missing, many badly damaged by damp.


1848
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2198
Extent: 49 leaves


1849, used for 1850
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2199
Extent: 80 leaves


1850, used for 1851
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2200
Extent: 157 leaves


1854
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2201
Extent: 67 leaves


1855
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2202
Extent: 66 leaves


1856
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2203
Extent: iv + 373 leaves


1857
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2204
Extent: 75 leaves


1858
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2205
Extent: 87 leaves


1859
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2206
Extent: 86 leaves


1860
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2207
Extent: 73 leaves


1861
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2208
Extent: 68 leaves


1861, used for 1862
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2209
Extent: 86 leaves


1863
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2210
Extent: 86 leaves


1865
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2211
Extent: 86 leaves


1866
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2212
Extent: 87 leaves


1867
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2213
Extent: 84 leaves


1868
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2214
Extent: 90 leaves


1869
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2215
Extent: 92 leaves


1870
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2216
Extent: 94 leaves


1871
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2217
Extent: 92 leaves


1872
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2218
Extent: 87 leaves


1873
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2219
Extent: 94 leaves


1874
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2220
Extent: 96 leaves


1875
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2221
Extent: 94 leaves


1876
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2222
Extent: 96 leaves


1877
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2223
Extent: 92 leaves


1878
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2224
Extent: 96 leaves


1879
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2225
Extent: 90 leaves


1880
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2226
Extent: 91 leaves


1881
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2227
Extent: 93 leaves


1882
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2228
Extent: 70 leaves


1883
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2229
Extent: 92 leaves


1884
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2230
Extent: 87 leaves


1886
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2231
Extent: 62 leaves


1887
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2232
Extent: 65 leaves


1888
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2233
Extent: 76 leaves


1889
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2234
Extent: 91 leaves


1890
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2235
Extent: 61 leaves


1891
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2236
Extent: 82 leaves


1892
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2237
Extent: 92 leaves


1893
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2238
Extent: 88 leaves


1894
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2239
Extent: 89 leaves


1895
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2240
Extent: 92 leaves


1896
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2241
Extent: 91 leaves


1897
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2242
Extent: 202 leaves


1898
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2243
Extent: 205 leaves


1899
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2244
Extent: 78 leaves


1900
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2245
Extent: 78 leaves


1901
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2246
Extent: 77 leaves


1902
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2247
Extent: 82 leaves


1903
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2248
Extent: 85 leaves


1904
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2249
Extent: 52 leaves


1905
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2250
Extent: 81 leaves


1906
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2251
Extent: 113 leaves


1907
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2252
Extent: 114 leaves


1908
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2253
Extent: 82 leaves

B.11   Letters to Rose Horsley, 1838-1917

Shelfmarks: MSS. Eng. c. 2234-6


1838-53
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2234
Extent: 140 leaves


1854-78
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2235
Extent: 149 leaves


1879-1917, n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2236
Extent: 139 leaves

With (fols. 124-39) miscellaneous papers.


B.12   Miscellaneous papers of Rose Horsley, 1845-57

Shelfmarks: MSS. Eng. e. 2254-7


Loose leaves from The Shakespeare Birthday Book, n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2254
Extent: 20 leaves
Note: Damaged by damp

Probably owned by Rose Horsley, containing mainly signatures of family and friends.



Account book containing details of household expenses in Rose Horsley's hand, 1845-54
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2255
Extent: 50 leaves


Notebook of Rose Horsley, mainly blank, 1850-7
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2256
Extent: 58 leaves, 6-54 blank
Binding: gilt and blind-tooled green calf, with clip and pencil


Notebook of Rose Horsley, containing miscellaneous notes, n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2257
Extent: 48 leaves, 30-47 blank
Binding: black calf


B.13   Children of J.C. Horsley, 1852-1934

Shelfmarks: MSS. Eng. c. 2237-40, d. 2067, e. 2258-60


Correspondence between the children of J.C. Horsley, 1853-88, n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2237
Extent: 212 leaves

Includes ( fols. 1-54) letters from their parents, 1853-88, n.d.



Correspondence between the children of J.C. Horsley, Sept. 1881-1909, n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2238
Extent: 153 leaves


Letters to and papers of the children of J.C. Horsley, 1853-1934, n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2239
Extent: 201 leaves


Printed papers of Walter and Victor Horsley, 1892-1934
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2240
Extent: 4 items

Mainly newspaper cuttings and obituaries.



The National Society Central-School Book, Number 2, Part 1 (London, n.d.)
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2258
Extent: 12 leaves
Note: Given to Edward W. Horsley by his grandmother, Elizabeth Horsley, c. 1853-4.


Hymns for Little Children (London, 1852)
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2259
Extent: 73 pages
Note: Probably owned by Edward W. Horsley, 1852.


Drawing book of Walter Horsley, 1860s
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2260
Extent: 22 leaves
Binding: marbled wrappers


Scrapbook of Fanny Horsley, 1872
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 2067
Extent: 37 leaves, 16-34 blank
Binding: marbled wrappers

Contains Christmas, New Year and Valentine cards.


C   Rosamund Brunel Gotch and family, 19th-20th cent.

C.1   Letters to Rosamund Brunel, 1933-47

Shelfmarks: MSS. Eng. c. 2241-2


Letters to Rosamund Brunel, 1933-Oct. 1934
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2241
Extent: 96 leaves

Includes letters about the publication of her book, Mendelssohn and his Friends in Kensington, Letters from Fanny and Sophy Horsley Written 1833-36 (London, etc., 1934), with (fols. 1-6) a few earlier papers, c.1869-1914.



Letters as MS. Eng. c. 2241 above, Nov. 1934-1947, n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2242
Extent: 103 leaves

C.2   Letters to Lucy Callcott from her nieces, 1833-5

Shelfmarks: MSS. Eng. b. 2004, c. 2243-5

The letters are from Fanny and Sophy Horsley, and are interleaved with notes about the letters by Rosamund Brunel Gotch, 1930s.


1833
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2243
Extent: 69 leaves


Jan.-Nov. 1834
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2244
Extent: 96 leaves


Nov. 1834-1835
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2245
Extent: 90 leaves


Folder formerly containing letters to Lucy Callcott, 1833-5
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. b. 2004

The letters are now MSS. Eng. c. 2243-5. The folder is labelled 'Letters to Miss L. Callcott in the years 1833, 1834 and 1835 by her nieces, Fanny and Sophy Horsley, given by Miss C. to M. Benecke in 1887', and 'given by Paul Benecke to Rosamund Gotch in 1908', the latter note in R.B. Gotch's hand.


C.3   Notebooks and papers of R.B. Gotch, 19th-20th cent.

Shelfmarks: MSS. Eng. c. 2246-7, d. 2068-73


Notebook containing transcripts by R.B. Gotch of letters to Lucy Callcott (MSS. Eng. c. 2243-5)
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 2068
Extent: ii + 124 leaves


Notebook as MS. Eng. d. 2068 above
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 2069
Extent: i + 115 leaves


Notebook as MS. Eng. d. 2068 above
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 2070
Extent: i + 125 leaves


Notebook as MS. Eng. d. 2068 above
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 2071
Extent: i + 174 leaves

With



Notebook containing notes by R.B. Gotch for her books
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 2072
Extent: 86 leaves

Notes for



Papers relating to the publication of R.B. Gotch's two books
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2246
Extent: 84 leaves

Includes (fols. 9-17) prints and (fols. 76-84) photographs of the illustrations for Mendelssohn and his Friends in Kensington.



Notebooks containing press-cuttings of reviews of the two books, 1934-8
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 2073
Extent: 24 leaves


Miscellaneous papers of R.B. Gotch, 1876-1949
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2247
Extent: 288 leaves

C.4   Sketch-books of R.B. Gotch, 1869-87

Shelfmarks: MSS. Eng. d. 2074-90, e. 2261-8

Note: In various types of drawing book. A detailed list of their contents is available on request.

1869
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 2074
Extent: 16 leaves


1872
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 2075
Extent: 39 leaves


1873
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 2076
Extent: 8 leaves


1873
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2261
Extent: 22 leaves


1874
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 2077
Extent: 21 leaves


1874
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 2078
Extent: 26 leaves


1874
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 2079
Extent: 17 leaves


1874
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 2080
Extent: 10 leaves


c.1875
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2262
Extent: 10 leaves


c.1875
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2263
Extent: 8 leaves


c.1875
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2264
Extent: 10 leaves


1875-6
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 2081
Extent: 14 leaves


1877
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 2082
Extent: 18 leaves


1877
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 2083
Extent: 3 leaves


1877
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 2084
Extent: 14 leaves


1878
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 2085
Extent: 14 leaves


1878-82
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 2086
Extent: 50 leaves


1881-3
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2265
Extent: 27 leaves


c.1883
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2266
Extent: 34 leaves


1883
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2267
Extent: 44 leaves


1883-4
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 2087
Extent: 34 leaves


1884
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 2088
Extent: 32 leaves


1885
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2268
Extent: 60 leaves


1885
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 2089
Extent: 20 leaves


1886-7
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 2090
Extent: 32 leaves

C.5   Miscellaneous papers of R.B. Gotch, 19th-20th cent.

Shelfmarks: MSS. Eng. b. 2005, c. 2248, d. 2091-2, e. 2269, 2295


Loose drawings by R.B. Gotch, 1874-c.1880
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. b. 2005
Extent: 45 leaves


Scrap-book of R.B. Gotch, 1867
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 2091
Extent: 43 leaves

Contains Christmas, New Year and Valentine cards.



Scrap-book of R.B. Gotch, 1872
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 2092
Extent: 38 leaves

Contains Christmas, New Year and Valentine cards.



Exercise book, 1870s
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2295
Extent: 28 leaves

Contains an untitled story, with illustrations, possibly by R.B. Gotch.



Notebook, c.1900
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2269
Extent: 46 leaves

Contains inventories, measurements and sketches of her home by R.B. Gotch.



Papers probably by R.B. Gotch for costume design, 1907-36, n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2248
Extent: 8 items

C.6   Travel journals of Francis Gotch, 1878-9

Shelfmarks: MSS. Eng. e. 2270-1


Notebook used as travel journal of journey to South Africa, 1878
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2270
Extent: 136 leaves
Binding: red calf, marbled pastedowns, and lock


Notebook used as travel journal of journey to Australia, 1879
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2271
Extent: 48 leaves
Binding: green calf with pocket and pencil

C.7   Diaries of Francis Gotch, 1892, 1897-1912

Shelfmarks: MSS. Eng. e. 2272-88

Mainly written in Oxford University Pocket Diary.


1892
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2272
Extent: 202 leaves


1897
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2273
Extent: 80 leaves


1897-8
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2274
Extent: 112 leaves


1898-9
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2275
Extent: 114 leaves


1899-1900
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2276
Extent: 114 leaves


1900-1
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2277
Extent: 114 leaves


1901-2
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2278
Extent: 117 leaves


1902-3
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2279
Extent: 116 leaves


1903-4
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2280
Extent: 122 leaves


1904-5
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2281
Extent: 122 leaves


1905-6
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2282
Extent: 121 leaves


1906-7
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2283
Extent: 122 leaves


1907-8
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2284
Extent: 122 leaves


1908-9
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2285
Extent: 122 leaves


1909-10
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2286
Extent: 122 leaves


1910-11
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2287
Extent: 122 leaves


1911-12
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2288
Extent: 122 leaves

C.8   Miscellaneous papers of Francis Gotch, 1868-1907

Shelfmarks: MSS. Eng. b. 2006(R), c. 2253-4, e. 2289


Papers of Francis Gotch, 1870-4
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2253
Extent: 8 items

Includes (item 8) papers relating to the Gotch family, 1868-1976.



Certificate of Francis Gotch's honorary doctorate at the University of St. Andrews, 1891
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. b. 2006 (R)
Extent: 1 item


Printed papers of Francis Gotch, 1892-1907, n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2254
Extent: 9 items

Includes



British passport of Francis Gotch, for travelling in Europe, 1879
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2289
Extent: 43 leaves, 3-43 blank
Binding: green calf 'wallet' binding

C.9   Account books of Francis Gotch, 1883-1913

Shelfmarks: MSS. Eng. c. 2249-52


1883-94
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2249
Extent: 194 leaves, 178-94 blank


1894-9
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2250
Extent: 138 leaves


1900-5
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2251
Extent: 137 leaves


1906-13
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2252
Extent: i + 464 pages, 312-462 blank

C.10   Papers of the children of Francis and Rosamund Gotch, 1899-1974

Shelfmarks: MSS. Eng. c. 2255, d. 2093, e. 2290-4


Letters to and papers of the children of Francis and Rosamund Gotch, 1911-74, n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2255
Extent: 101 leaves


Notebook containing stories and a play by Oliver Gotch, in his mother's hand, 1899
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 2093
Extent: 24 leaves
Note: Oliver was the son of Francis and Rosamund Gotch.


Notebook as MS. Eng. d. 2093 above, 1900
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2290
Extent: 11 leaves


Exercise book used by Audrey Gotch as holiday book, 1905
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2291
Extent: 24 leaves
Note: Audrey was a daughter of Francis and Rosamund Gotch.


Exercise book used by Veronica Gotch as holiday book, 1905
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2292
Extent: 14 leaves
Note: Veronica was a daughter of Francis and Rosamund Gotch.


Two exercise books of Nancy Gotch , 1909-10
Shelfmark: MSS. Eng. e. 2293-4
Extent: 30, 4 leaves
Note: Nancy was the youngest daughter of Francis and Rosamund Gotch

MS. Eng. e. 2293 is a school composition book, 1909-10.


D   The Callcott family, 1830-1934


Papers of the Callcott family, 1838-1934
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2256
Extent: 85 leaves

Includes



Autograph album belonging to Lucy Callcott, 1830
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2296
Extent: 79 leaves, 64-79 blank
Binding: embossed calf, gilt-edged paper

Later used by her great-niece Rosamund Gotch, 1884, and by Rosamund's daughter, Veronica Gotch, 1949, mainly containing autographs of friends, 1830-1953, including (fol. 18) Mendelssohn's signature and (fol. 18v) a pen-and-ink drawing by him, 1833.



Notebook containing newspaper cuttings, 1858-73
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 2094
Extent: 23 leaves
Binding: marbled wrappers

Relates to various artists, including Sir Augustus Wall Callcott and John Callcott Horsley, and the Royal Academy, probably collected and annotated by either William Hutchins Callcott or Mary Callcott (née Stuart), the parents of John Stuart Callcott.


E   The Haden family, 1821-54

E.1   Diaries of Emma Haden 1821, 1836, 1854

Shelfmarks: MSS. Eng. e. 2297-9

Binding: MSS. Eng. e. 2297-8 in calf 'wallet' bindings, e. 2299 cloth.
Note: Emma Haden was the mother of Rose Horsley.

1821
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2297
Extent: 67 leaves


1836
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2298
Extent: 49 leaves


1854
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2299
Extent: 67 leaves

E.2   Miscellaneous Haden family papers, 1794-1901

Shelfmarks: MSS. Eng. c. 2257-60, d. 2095, e. 2300-2


Letters to Emma Haden, mainly from family and friends, 1831-81, n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2257
Extent: 131 leaves


Letters to Francis Seymour Haden and Charles Haden, and Emma Bergeron (née Haden), mainly from family and friends, 1837-86, n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2258
Extent: 61 leaves
Note: Francis Seymour, Charles and Emma were brothers- and sister-in-law of J.C. Horsley.


Poems and essays, 1812-78, n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2259
Extent: 78 leaves

Written and copied by



Miscellaneous papers of Emma Haden, 1794-1901, n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2260
Extent: 119 leaves

With papers of her children, grandchildren, and other members of the Haden family.



Commonplace book probably compiled by Emma Haden, 1858-78
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 2095
Extent: 72 leaves

Contains extracts and some original compositions, mainly concerning bereavements



Commonplace book, as MS. Eng. d. 2095 above
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2300
Extent: 90 leaves


Account book, 19th cent.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2301
Extent: 9 leaves
Binding: blue marbled wrappers

Contains



Notebook containing miscellaneous notes, probably by Emma Haden, 19th cent.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2302
Extent: 4 leaves
Binding: loosely inserted in pink silk wrappers, inserted in embossed calf wallet

F   Miscellaneous papers, 18th-20th cent.


Miscellaneous papers and letters, 1790-1912
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2261
Extent: 135 leaves

Includes letters from unidentified writers, geological notes, epitaphs and riddles, arranged chronologically.



Hand-painted board for a game, 'The Race-course', 19th cent.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. a. 2001
Extent: 1 item


Address book, in an unidentified hand, early 19th cent.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2303
Extent: 38 leaves

Includes the addresses of Brunel and Klingemann



Engravings of drawings, mainly by Samuel Prout, mounted on blank paper, 19th cent.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2262
Extent: 12 leaves


Printed booklet on the Emperors and Kings of France, c.1830
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2304
Extent: 36 leaves
Binding: disbound
Note: In French, annotated in an unidentified hand. Lacks title leaf.


A copy of Illustrierte Zeitung (Nummer 3422, Jan. 1909)
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. b. 2007
Extent: 168 pages

Contains an article about Mendelssohn (pp. 147-56).


G   Photographs, 19th-20th cent.


Photographs of members of the Horsley and Callcott families, 19th cent.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2263
Extent: 22 items

Includes photographs of portraits, with



Photographs, 1846-c.1889
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2264
Extent: 26 items

With



Photographs of the children of J.C. Horsley, 1865-1945
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2265
Extent: 53 items


Photographs of R.B. Gotch, including some with Francis Gotch, c.1867-1938
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2266
Extent: 53 items


Photographs mainly of Francis Gotch, c.1850-1907
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2267
Extent: 27 items

With (items 1-2) daguerreotypes.



Photographs of the Gotch children and other members of the family, c.1850-1950
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2268
Extent: 23 items

With



Photographs, with copies of portraits, of the Haden family and of friends, early 19th-early 20th cent.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. b. 2008
Extent: 48 items

Includes



Photographs of family homes, c.1893-1913
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. b. 2009
Extent: 34 items

Includes No. 1, High Row, Kensington; Willesley, Cranbrook, Kent; and 'The Lawn', 89 Banbury Road, Oxford.



Photographs, drawings and copies of portraits, 19th cent.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2269
Extent: 103 s

Includes several photographs of Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy and his family.

Custodial History: Probably owned by Sophy Horsley.


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