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Cote
HOUG/D/C/3/8/5
Titre
Letter from Richard Pigot to Lord Houghton
Date(s)
- 25-[27] Jan. 1866 (Production)
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Pièce
Étendue matérielle et support
2 ff.
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Histoire archivistique
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Portée et contenu
7 Southgate Terrace, Coburg Rd., Old Kent Rd. - Thanks for gift in recognition of literary merit of his Life of Man, Symbolised...; ill health and distress; Houghton's cheering sympathy as a fellow writer; has suffered by current craze for illustrated books; frustrating disputes with the artist Leighton as to importance of text in overall design; Leighton's interference with Pigot's literary selections; encloses specimen [no longer present]. Continuation of letter: Leighton's disregard of grammar in dedication to Houghton; cites other damaging alterations.