IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0096 AL519
Held at: Senate House Library, University of London
Title: Smith, William Collingwood: letter (1870)
Date(s): 1870
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 2 leaves
Name of creator(s): ,
Smith, William Collingwood (1815-1887) artist
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
William Collingwood Smith was a noted watercolourist, whose work was often featured in the London Illustrated News.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Letter from William Collingwood Smith of Wyndam Lodge, Brixton Hill, London [the printed address of the Society of Painters in Water Colours, Pall Mall East, London SW, has been struck through] to Augustus De Morgan, 8 Dec 1870. Asking him to assess the depreciation in the Society's assets.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
See hard copy catalogue.
Conditions governing access:
Open for research. 24 hours notice is required for research visits.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
Typescript catalogue available in the Library's Palaeography Room.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Accruals:
Archival history:
See archivist
Immediate source of acquisition:
Found enclosed in E Erskine Scott Tables of Logarithms and Anti-Logarithms (1870) - classmark: [DeM] L.8 [Scott]
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Existence and location of copies:
Presumably, Miss Treadwell retained the original letters after relinquishing these copies; the current whereabouts of the original letters is unknown.
Related material:
Publication note:
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Anya Turner.
Date(s) of descriptions: Aug 2008