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Title: Edwin W. Field Correspondence
Dates (inclusive): 1828-1899
Collection Number: mssHM 42884-42939
Creator:
Field, Edwin W. (Edwin Wilkins), 1804-1871.
Extent:
56 items in 1 box
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
Manuscripts Department
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2129
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Abstract: This collection consists of letters from various English artists primarily addressed to lawyer and amateur artist
Edwin W. Field (1804-1871) or his son, Walter Field (also an artist). A few of the letters concern Field's attempts to establish
an artistic copyright law.
Language: English.
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The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material,
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The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the
researcher.
[Identification of item]. Edwin W. Field Correspondence, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Purchased from Theodore Hofmann, July 18, 1966.
Edwin Wilkins Field (1804-1871) was a lawyer and amateur artist in England, where he worked for a measure for establishing
artistic copyright. He was honored in 1863 by the Old Water-Colour Society, among whom he had a large acquaintance.
Collection of letters from various artists, mostly addressed to Edwin Wilkins Field,
with some addressed to his son Walter Field who was also an artist. A few of the letters concern Field's efforts to pass some
kind of measure ensuring artistic copyright.
Most of the letters are from members of either the Royal Academy or the Old Water-Colour Society.
Among the correspondents are:
- 2 letters from George Cruikshank. HM 42895 & 42896
- 1 letter from Sir John Everett Millais. HM 42922
- 3 letters from Samuel Cousins. HM 42890-42891
Arranged alphabetically.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
Huntington Library's Online Catalog.
Field, Edwin W. (Edwin Wilkins), 1804-1871.
Field, Walter, correspondent.
Artists -- Great Britain -- Correspondence.
Copyright -- Art -- Great Britain.
Letters (correspondence) -- Great Britain -- 19th century.
Cousins, Samuel, 1801-1887.
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.
Field, Walter, correspondent.
Millais, John Everett, 1829-1896.