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  • Letter from William Powell Frith to Henry Keyworth Raine, August 30, 1896

    Subject
    Families, Painters, Artists--Family relationships, Painters--Correspondence, Artists, and Artists--Correspondence
    Creator
    Frith, William Powell, 1819-1909
    Contributor
    Raine, Henry Keyworth
    Language
    eng
    Date created
    August 30, 1896
    Rights Statement
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type
    Text
    Identifier
    Number on first page of letter: 17
    Extent
    2 pages ; 15 x 20 cm, folded to 15 x 10 cm
    Geographic Coverage
    England--London
    Coordinates
    51.50853, -0.12574
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    Handwritten in black ink. Address letterhead on right hand side: "114, Clifton Hill, N.W.".
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    19th Century Manuscripts
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    correspondence and letters (correspondence)
    Archival Item Identifier
    Accession Number: 2022-007
    Fonds Title
    Peter Lowens collection
    Fonds Identifier
    SC564
    Is Referenced By
    Special Collections Finding Aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/peter-lowens-collection
    Date Digitized
    2022-02-10
    Technical Note
    Scanned on Plustek OpticBook A300 at 600 DPI Tiff. Items cropped and resized for Vault. Metadata by MT.

  • Ella Kidman autograph album

    Subject
    Autograph albums, Autographs, Scrapbooks, Social networks, Art objects, Victorian, Personal archives, Arts, Victorian, Art, and Autographs--Collectors and collecting
    Creator
    Kidman, Ella
    Language
    eng
    Date created
    1897 to 1930
    Rights Statement
    Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
    Resource Type
    Text
    Identifier
    Call Number: Z42.4 G7K53
    Extent
    1 volume (unpaged) ; 20 x 16 x 2 cm
    Geographic Coverage
    Great Britain and England--London
    Coordinates
    51.50853, -0.12574 and 54, -2
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    Illustrations (some colour)., A commercially produced autograph album, each page with red and blue borders. Mostly blank pages but some have illustrations with blank spaces for autographs. Album contains signatures, verses and original illustrations, some signed. Some...
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    19th Century Manuscripts Collection
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    albums (books), scrapbooks, drawings (visual works), illustrations (layout features), and autograph albums
    Archival Item Identifier
    Accession Number: 2020-041
    Fonds Title
    Kidman Family fonds
    Fonds Identifier
    SC624
    Is Referenced By
    Special Collections Finding Aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/kidman-family-fonds
    Date Digitized
    2020-09-10
    Technical Note
    Scanned on Plustek OpticBook 4800 at 600 dpi TIFF on 10 September 2020 by JF. Metadata by KD.

  • Letter from Gordon Browne, 1897

    Subject
    Authors, English, Illustration of books, Authors, and Illustrators
    Creator
    Browne, Gordon, 1858-1932
    Language
    eng
    Date created
    December 1897
    Rights Statement
    Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
    Resource Type
    Text
    Extent
    2 leaves (folded)
    Geographic Coverage
    England--London and England
    Coordinates
    52.16045, -0.70312 and 51.50853, -0.12574
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    Handwritten on both sides of the leaves with letterhead "14, ST JOHN'S WOOD ROAD, N. W."
    Collection
    19th Century Manuscripts Collection
    Provenance
    For further information please contact Special Collections and University Archives.
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    autographs (manuscripts), correspondence, and letters (correspondence)
    Archival Item Identifier
    Accession Number: 2020-040 and File: 1.16
    Fonds Title
    Peter Lowens collection
    Fonds Identifier
    SC564
    Is Referenced By
    Archival Finding Aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/peter-lowens-collection
    Date Digitized
    2020-10-13
    Technical Note
    800 dpi TIFF. Metadata by KD.

  • Letter from William Powell Frith to Henry Keyworth Raine, December 24, 1897

    Subject
    Painters, Painters--Correspondence, Artists--Correspondence, Families, Artists, and Artists--Family relationships
    Creator
    Frith, William Powell, 1819-1909
    Contributor
    Raine, Henry Keyworth
    Language
    eng
    Date created
    December 24, 1897
    Rights Statement
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type
    Text
    Identifier
    Number on first page of letter: 18
    Extent
    2 pages ; 15 x 20 cm, folded to 15 x 10 cm
    Geographic Coverage
    England--London
    Coordinates
    51.50853, -0.12574
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    Handwritten in black ink. Address letterhead on right hand side: "114, Clifton Hill, N.W.".
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    19th Century Manuscripts
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    correspondence and letters (correspondence)
    Archival Item Identifier
    Accession Number: 2022-007
    Fonds Title
    Peter Lowens collection
    Fonds Identifier
    SC564
    Is Referenced By
    Special Collections Finding Aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/peter-lowens-collection
    Date Digitized
    2022-02-10
    Technical Note
    Scanned on Plustek OpticBook A300 at 600 DPI Tiff. Items cropped and resized for Vault. Metadata by MT.

  • Letter from Marcus Stone to W.H. Downing Esq., December, 8, 1898

    Subject
    Stone, Marcus, 1840-1921, Downing, W. H. (Walter Hubert), 1893-1965, Illustrators, and Illustration of books
    Creator
    Stone, Marcus, 1840-1921
    Language
    eng
    Date created
    December 8, 1898
    Rights Statement
    Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
    Resource Type
    Text
    Extent
    3 pages
    Geographic Coverage
    England--London
    Coordinates
    51.50853, -0.12574
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    Letter is written on one page with two blank pages.
    Collection
    19th Century Manuscripts Collection
    Provenance
    For further information please contact Special Collections and University Archives.
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    letters (correspondence)
    Fonds Title
    Peter Lowens Collection
    Fonds Identifier
    SC564
    Is Referenced By
    Archival Finding Aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/peter-lowens-collection
    Date Digitized
    2017-10-26
    Technical Note
    Scanned using Plustek OpticsBook A300 scanner; 600dpi; no colour correction; cropped to remove colour bar using Photoshop CS5. Metadata by Karen Dykes and additional metadata by Maggie Tan

  • Letter from William Powell Frith to Henry Keyworth Raine, May 5, 1905

    Subject
    Families, Artists--Family relationships, Artists, Artists--Correspondence, Painters, and Painters--Correspondence
    Creator
    Frith, William Powell, 1819-1909
    Contributor
    Raine, Henry Keyworth
    Language
    eng
    Date created
    May 5, 1905
    Rights Statement
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type
    Text
    Identifier
    Number on first page of letter: 19
    Extent
    2 pages ; 15 x 20 cm, folded to 15 x 10 cm
    Geographic Coverage
    England--London
    Coordinates
    51.50853, -0.12574
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    Handwritten in black ink. Address letterhead on right hand side: "114, Clifton Hill, N.W.".
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    19th Century Manuscripts
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    letters (correspondence) and correspondence
    Archival Item Identifier
    Accession Number: 2022-007
    Fonds Title
    Peter Lowens collection
    Fonds Identifier
    SC564
    Is Referenced By
    Special Collections Finding Aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/peter-lowens-collection
    Date Digitized
    2022-02-10
    Technical Note
    Scanned on Plustek OpticBook A300 at 600 DPI Tiff. Items cropped and resized for Vault. Metadata by MT.

  • Letter from William Powell Frith to Henry Keyworth Raine, December 13, 1907

    Subject
    Artists, Painters--Correspondence, Painters, Artists--Correspondence, Families, and Artists--Family relationships
    Creator
    Frith, William Powell, 1819-1909
    Contributor
    Raine, Henry Keyworth
    Language
    eng
    Date created
    December 13, 1907
    Rights Statement
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type
    Text
    Identifier
    Number on first page of letter: 20
    Extent
    2 pages ; 15 x 20 cm, folded to 15 x 10 cm
    Geographic Coverage
    England--London
    Coordinates
    51.50853, -0.12574
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    Handwritten in black ink. Address letterhead on right hand side: "114, Clifton Hill, N.W.".
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    19th Century Manuscripts
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    correspondence and letters (correspondence)
    Archival Item Identifier
    Accession Number: 2022-007
    Fonds Title
    Peter Lowens collection
    Fonds Identifier
    SC564
    Is Referenced By
    Special Collections Finding Aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/peter-lowens-collection
    Date Digitized
    2022-02-10
    Technical Note
    Scanned on Plustek OpticBook A300 at 600 DPI Tiff. Items cropped and resized for Vault. Metadata by MT.

  • Letter from William Powell Frith to Henry Keyworth Raine, March 29, 1908

    Subject
    Artists--Family relationships, Families, Painters--Correspondence, Artists--Correspondence, Artists, and Painters
    Creator
    Frith, William Powell, 1819-1909
    Contributor
    Raine, Henry Keyworth
    Language
    eng
    Date created
    March 29, 1908
    Rights Statement
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type
    Text
    Identifier
    Number on first page of letter: 21
    Extent
    2 pages ; 15 x 20 cm, folded to 15 x 10 cm
    Geographic Coverage
    England--London
    Coordinates
    51.50853, -0.12574
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    Handwritten in black ink. Address letterhead on right hand side: "114, Clifton Hill, N.W.".
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    19th Century Manuscripts
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    letters (correspondence) and correspondence
    Archival Item Identifier
    Accession Number: 2022-007
    Fonds Title
    Peter Lowens collection
    Fonds Identifier
    SC564
    Is Referenced By
    Special Collections Finding Aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/peter-lowens-collection
    Date Digitized
    2022-02-10
    Technical Note
    Scanned on Plustek OpticBook A300 at 600 DPI Tiff. Items cropped and resized for Vault. Metadata by MT.

  • Abbey Theatre tray cloth

    Alternative Title
    Sold by the Irish players at $1.00 towards a building to save Sir Hugh Lane's great gift of pictures to Ireland April 1913 [picture]
    Subject
    Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet (Shaw, Bernard), Theaters, Abbey Theatre Players (Dublin, Ireland), Theater, Irish Players, Abbey Theatre Company, Actors, Abbey Theatre, Fund raising, and Lane, Hugh Percy, Sir, 1875-1915
    Contributor
    Yeats, Jack B. (Jack Butler), 1871-1957 and Abbey Theatre
    Publisher
    Abbey Theatre
    Language
    eng
    Date created
    1913
    Rights Statement
    Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
    Resource Type
    Physical Object
    Identifier
    Call Number: PN2602 D82A1S65
    Extent
    1 tray cloth ; 46 x 49 cm
    Geographic Coverage
    Ireland
    Coordinates
    53, -8
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    Enclosed in a wooden frame with glass. Printed on linen textile in black and white. Reproductions of signatures of W. B. Yeats and Lady Gregory. Shows full cast and features larger sketches of 8, all but one with names.
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    19th Century Manuscripts Collection
    Provenance
    Gift of Ann Saddlemyer.
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    black-and-white prints (prints on paper), prints (visual works), and tray cloths
    Date Digitized
    2010
    Transcript
    Tray Cloth sold by the Abbey Theatre in support of the Hugh Lane fund, showing the 1913 cast of Bernard Shaw's The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet.When the censor prohibited its production in England, the premiere performance was given by the Abbey Theatre in 1909,...
    Technical Note
    Canon 30D zoom lens 17-40mm by KM/CDW. Metadata by GF and KD.

  • "Love of Ages to Come" poem by Eric Duncan

    Subject
    Authors, Canadian literature, Canadian poetry, Poets, and Poets, Canadian
    Creator
    Duncan, Eric, 1858-1944
    Language
    eng
    Date created
    1930
    Rights Statement
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type
    Text
    Extent
    2 pages ; 25 x 20 cm
    Geographic Coverage
    British Columbia--Vancouver Island
    Coordinates
    49.65064, -125.44939
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    Handwritten in black ink.
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    19th Century Literature Collection
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    poetry and manuscripts (documents)
    Archival Item Identifier
    Accession Number: 2005-033
    Fonds Title
    Eric Duncan fonds
    Fonds Identifier
    SC138
    Is Referenced By
    Special Collections Finding Aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/eric-duncan-fonds
    Date Digitized
    2025-07-15
    Technical Note
    Scanned on Plustek OpticBook A300 Plus (600 dpi no correction) as TIF file. 60% image reduction. Scanned by MT. Metadata by KD.