An autographed letter, signed, sent by Luke Fildes to Mrs. Lewis, clarifying the date of an invitation to dinner. Also included is a photograph postcard of Fildes. The postcard is a part of the "R.A." series by Raphael Tuck & Sons "Real Photograph" series and has a black and white photograph of Fildes sitting in a chair with paintbrush and easel. Fildes (1844-1927), painter, is known for his woodcut designs for magazines. He illustrated Charles Dickens' Edwin Drood (1870).

In Collection:

• 19th Century Manuscripts Collection

Creator

• Fildes, Luke, Sir, 1844-1927

Subject

• Artists
• Personal correspondence
• Illustrators
• Artists--Correspondence

Language

• eng

Date created

• 1800s

Resource type

• Still Image
• Text

Rights statement

• No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only

Extent

• 4 unnumbered pages and 1 postcard

Geographic Coverage

• England--London--Kensington

Coordinates

• 51.50094, -0.19175

Additional physical characteristics

• Handwritten. Black ink. Letterhead: "II, Melbury Road, Kensington, W."

Physical Repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• 19th Century Literature Collection

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• black-and-white photographs
• correspondence
• letters (correspondence)
• picture postcards
• postcards
• manuscripts (documents)
• signatures (names)

Archival item identifier

• Accession Number: 2025-004

Fonds title

• Peter Lowens collection

Fonds identifier

• SC564

Is referenced by

• Special Collections Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/peter-lowens-collection

Date digitized

• March 2025

Technical note

• Scanned on Plustek OpticBook A300 Plus (600 dpi no correction) as TIF file by MT. Metadata by KD.

Rights

• Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access to the original. This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/8td1-5611

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