MS 682 01 06 06
Reference code
MS 682 01 06 06
Title
Letters to Chapman and Hall
Level
File
Administrative / Biographical history
Chapman & Hall was a British publishing house in London, founded in the first half of the 19th century. It merged with Methuen in the 1930s.
William Wetmore Story (1819-1895) was an American sculptor, art critic, poet and editor who lived in Rome after 1850. It was during this period where he became intimate with the Browning family.
William Wetmore Story (1819-1895) was an American sculptor, art critic, poet and editor who lived in Rome after 1850. It was during this period where he became intimate with the Browning family.
Date
1847-1877
Extent & medium
1 volume
Content description
A collection of letters and contracts from the Chapman and Hall archive, relating to William Wetmore Story (1819-1895), Charles Lever and others. The Brownings were close friends with the Story family, and indeed there are references to Browning in these Story letters to Chapman and Hall.
Provenance
From the Chapman and Hall archive that was dispersed in the 1930s.
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