Historic Manuscripts and Notes

A collection of historical written documents featuring sketches, notes, and letters from various authors, highlighting observations and artistic methods.

1773 August 19, Letter, historical correspondence. Time captured in script.

A pencil note by Emerich Alexius Swoboda on an inserted leaf, recording brief observations, dated 3 June 1880.

Sketch book for "Travel for the Eternity" Folio 54 Recto (text page) Jean-Jacques Grandville (1803-1847). Sketch book for Voyage for the Eternity Folio 54 Recto (text page). Ink and pencil.

Page 4, Notes on Methods of Drawing, Alexander Cozens, 1717-1786, British, 1746, Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, bound in vellum, Spine: 7 5/8 inches (19.4 cm) and Sheet: 7 3/8 x 5 1/8 inches (18.7 x 13 cm), architectural subject, buildings, forum, Grand Tour, ruins, sketches, trees, Italy, Rome

Rufus Wilmot Griswold manuscript , American literature, 19th century, History and criticism, Authors, American, 19th century, Correspondence, Authors and publishers, Poets, American, 19th century, Correspondence, Ellet, E. F. Elizabeth Fries, 1818-1877. Rufus W. Griswold Papers

Margaret Fuller autograph letter to William Henry Channing, 8 November 1840 , Dial Boston, Mass.

LEY SOBRE LA MODIFICACION DE LOS FUEROS DE NAVARRA - MANUSCRITO - 1841. Location: CONGRESO DE LOS DIPUTADOS-BIBLIOTECA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Bliżej Kultury Matejko, Jan (1838 1893)

Mergombey (Solanum piperiferum), Luigi Balugani, 1737-1770, Italian, undated, Graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper, Sheet: 11 7/8 × 7 3/4 inches (30.2 × 19.7 cm), berries, leaves

LIBRO DE LEYES Y ORDENANZAS REALES DE LAS INDIAS DEL MAR OCEANO - 1574. Author: ALONSO DE ZORITA. Location: PALACIO REAL-BIBLIOTECA. MADRID. SPAIN.

1773 August 19, Letter, historical correspondence. Time captured in script.

Recipe for Witte Rubwas, 1906 - 1945 Leaf 49 Verso from a sketchbook with 53 sheets. paper. pencil

Schjerfbeck, Helene, work, Sketch book, ca. 1887, 1890s and early 20th century, drawing, 9.2 cm x 13.7 cm, Schjerfbeck, Helene, part: Magnus Schjerfbeck's text, ca. 1887, 1890s and 20th century initial, Helena Sofia Helene Schjerfbeck 1862 - 1946, Finnish modernist painter, known for her realist works, self-portraits, landscapes and still lifes, finland.

Annotations. Page 77, Pretty bract, from a sketchbook with 38 sheets.

List of phrases in Pidgin Engels. Leaf 1 Recto from a sketchbook with 60 sheets.

Hugo, Victor (n.1802-02-26-D.1885-05-22), Cotau for sea workers, I, VI, 2 (dummy title), 1858. Ink on paper. Houses of Victor Hugo Paris - Guernsey.

Sketchbook Page: Queen Venus Poem, Kenyon Cox, American, 1856-1919, Graphite on paper, Page of poetry beginning: 'Queen Venus once was going to the bath', USA, 1875, albums (bound) & books, Sketchbook folio, Sketchbook folio

Backside of magazine 5 in album with 56 sketches in black chalk to paintings by Dutch masters from the 17th century. Drawings are made approx. 1652-1653.

List of names, Leonaert Bramer (Possible), 1642 - 1653 document Probably a list of the names of people in whose house the paintings could be found on which the drawings from the album are based. Document is part of an album. paper. ink pen

Annotations, George Hendrik Breitner, 1893 - 1899 Page 1, Voorste Schutblad, from a sketchbook with 28 sheets. Amsterdam paper. chalk

Letter from John Cotton to Rowland Cotton, Sandwich, 1696 April 22 , Massachusetts, History, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, Puritans, Cotton family, Prince family. Thomas Prince Library and Collection of the Old South Church

Addresses and notes, 1819 - 1849 Leaf 60 Verso from a sketchbook with 60 sheets. paper. pencil

CARTA EN FRANCES-PARIS 16 MAYO 1845. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Letter from Hermann Krone to Hans Schnorr von Carolsfeld (1862-1933) in Metz (to the question of the dating of his photographs of Chamber singer Ludwig Schnorr of Carolsfeld, the uncle of Hans). Dresden Laubegast, 14.07.1910. Autograph, 2 sheets; 22 x 14 cm each Dresden: Slub mscr.dresd.w, 101,2,4

Annotations. Page 92 From a sketchbook with 44 sheets.

Outward letter: Eccles, A. Esq : Page 125: Exhibition of New Zealand, exhibitions, 03 November 1865, by Sir James Hector.

Autograph manuscript of Victor Hugo (1802-1885). Illustrated travel story in the Chenay album. Folio 39, two letters from Victor Hugo to Paul Chenay ". 1860. Paris, house of Victor Hugo. 100201-6 Chenay album, correspondence, letter, handwritten

Italy. Genoa. 800-1849 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Italy

Drawing, Supply list; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826-1900); USA

Outward letter: Henry, Professor , Page 336: letter description currently not available, 4 June 1874, by Sir James Hector.

Letter to Andries Bonger, Émile Bernard, 1895 letter Cairo paper. ink writing (processes) / pen family life Auvers sur Oise

Letters, 1850 - 1868

Hugo, Victor (n.1802-02-26-D.1885-05-22), Cot of the legend of centuries (stanza not used.) (Dummy title), 1868. Maisons de Victor Hugo Paris-Guernsey.

Calculations. Leaf 62 Verso from a sketchbook with 65 sheets.

Italy. Genoa. 800-1849 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Italy

Black ink and feather drawing by Jakob Gauermann showing an architectural entry with structural and compositional emphasis, created in 1798.

Page 5, Notes on Methods of Drawing, Alexander Cozens, 1717-1786, British, 1746, Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, bound in vellum, Spine: 7 5/8 inches (19.4 cm) and Sheet: 7 3/8 x 5 1/8 inches (18.7 x 13 cm), architectural subject, buildings, forum, Grand Tour, ruins, sketches, trees, Italy, Rome

Hugo, Victor (n.1802-02-26-D.1885-05-22), COPEAU for Paris (III, 6, after on the contrary ...) (Faithful title), 1866. Ink on paper. Houses of Victor Hugo Paris - Guernsey.

Outward letter: Nelson Association : Page 689: Sending set of Thames rocks, 21 October 1869, by Sir James Hector.

Stiehl Otto (1860-1940): Sketch and photo album 5: Santa Maria, Lovere

Hugo, Victor (N.1802-02-26-D.1885-05-22), COPEAU for sea workers, I, VI, 6 (dummy title), 1858. Ink and pencil on paper. Houses of Victor Hugo Paris - Guernsey.

Annotations. Leaf 1 Verso from a sketchbook with 23 sheets.

Woyzeck, F4-1, p. 14. Manuscripts. 2000. General Research Division

Architectuurdetail, c. 1906 Leaf 24 Verso from a sketchbook with 27 magazines. paper. pencil architectural detail

Hugo, Victor (N.1802-02-26-D.1885-05-22), Cotau for Torquemada (what are you named Thoma Torquemada) (dummy title). Ink on paper. Houses of Victor Hugo Paris - Guernsey.

Hugo, Victor (n.1802-02-26-D.1885-05-22), chip of God, the threshold of the chasm-the human spirit (voice III, start) (dummy title), 1856. ink on paper . Houses of Victor Hugo Paris - Guernsey.

Struggle between death and nature or victory of painting (part 3), 1660 Continued of the play, or the triomphe of the painting is killing. In the play, Apollo, Mercury, Pallas Athens and Nature are considering the way in which death can be overcome and they call in the help of painting. Zwolle (Possible) paper. ink writing (processes) Continued of the play, or the triomphe of the painting is killing. In the play, Apollo, Mercury, Pallas Athens and Nature are considering the way in which death can be overcome and they call in the help of painting. Zwolle (Possible) paper. ink writing (processes)

Explanation of the engineer Jacques de Roubay, 1703-1705, 1705 Declaration of the engineer Jacques de Roubay, which he was employed by the State Army in the years 1703-1705. Double folded leaf described on three sides. Leaf is loose in the album. Part of a collection of signed plans of reinforced places in the Netherlands and surrounding countries at the time of the Spanish Succession War (part D). Netherlands paper writing (processes)

Notes, 1919 Page 1 recto from a sketchbook with 33 sheets. paper. pencil

Draft essay by Egon Schiele for the 1909 Neukunstgruppe manifesto on sheet 2, handwritten in pencil, showing compositional notes, textual layout, and artistic planning.

Annotations, George Hendrik Breitner, c. 1900 - 1901 Annotations. Page 94, Achterste Schutblad, from a sketchbook with 46 sheets made in Amsterdam. Amsterdam paper. ink writing (processes)

Hugo, Victor (n.1802-02-26-D.1885-05-22), COPEAU for a thousand francs of reward (act I, scene 4, here is a metaphor that makes ...) (dummy title). Ink on paper. Houses of Victor Hugo Paris - Guernsey.

Hugo, Victor (n.1802-02-26-D.1885-05-22), Cotau for the art of being a grandfather (judge how this ...) (dummy title). Ink on paper. Houses of Victor Hugo Paris - Guernsey.

Hugo, Victor (n.1802-02-26-D.1885-05-22), Cotau de Dieu, the threshold of the abyss-the human spirit (around 13-14 and 19-23), the ocean of above (Vesr 2031-2032) (dummy title). Ink on paper. Houses of Victor Hugo Paris - Guernsey.

Feather and black ink drawing by Jakob Gauermann showing an architectural entry and a sketched plan, depicting layout and structural elements, created in 1798.

Hugo, Victor (n.1802-02-26-D.1885-05-22), Cotau for Torquemada (he is young-a child) (dummy title). Ink on paper. Houses of Victor Hugo Paris - Guernsey.

A letter from Queen Elizabeth I to Henri V.

DECRETO DE SUSPENSION DE PAGOS 21/3/1739 ESPAÑA (PAGINA 1) - REINADO DE FELIPE V. Location: ARCHIVO HISTORICO NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Draft essay by Egon Schiele for the 1909 Neukunstgruppe manifesto on sheet 1, back side, handwritten in pencil, containing compositional notes and textual arrangements.

Historical manuscript, a poem by Georg Neumark, 1621 - 1681, a German poet and composer of chants, from Bildatlas zur Geschichte der Deutschen Nationalliteratur, an illustrated atlas by Gustav Koennecke, 1887

CARTA A UNA ASPIRANTE AL CARMELO - 1574. Author: SAINT TERESA OF AVILA. Location: CONVENTO DE SAN JOSE. Toledo. SPAIN.

Angua (Boswellia papyifera), Luigi Balugani, 1737-1770, Italian, undated, Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 9 1/4 × 7 1/4 inches (23.5 × 18.4 cm), branches, leaves

Note, 1834 - 1906 Leaf 10 Verso from a sketchbook with 17 sheets. paper. ink pen

Hugo, Victor (N.1802-02-26-D.1885-05-22), Cotau for sea workers, I, I, 8 (dummy title), 1858. Ink on paper. Houses of Victor Hugo Paris - Guernsey.

Hugo, Victor (N.1802-02-26-D.1885-05-22), Cotau to eat (drafts for two old versions of the outcome) (dummy title). Ink on paper. Houses of Victor Hugo Paris - Guernsey.

Travel notes and a list of expenditure, 1863 Leaf 59 Verso from a sketchbook with 65 sheets. paper. ink. pencil pen

Letter by William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1640 (1865).Artist: Frederick George Netherclift

Hugo, Victor (N.1802-02-26-D.1885-05-22), Cotau to eat (Various drafts, around 852; 790; 803; 1411, etc.) (dummy title). Ink on paper. Houses of Victor Hugo Paris - Guernsey.

Sala mine and silver plant chronology.sala silver mine.ur Carl Sahlin mountain historical collection.

Hugo, Victor (n.1802-02-26-D.1885-05-22), Coven of God (Fragments) (Faith title), 1856. Pencil and ink on paper. Houses of Victor Hugo Paris - Guernsey.

Sketch book for "Travel for the Eternity" Folio 41 verso (text page) Jean-Jacques Grandville (1803-1847). Sketch book for Travel for the Eternity Folio 41 verso (text page). Ink and pencil.

La Loi Solaire 19th century Charles Meryon French. La Loi Solaire 395589

Hugo, Victor (n.1802-02-26-D.1885-05-22), COPEAU for sea workers (dummy title), 1858. Ink on paper. Houses of Victor Hugo Paris - Guernsey.

Reproduction of a letter from Hugo de Groot to Joost van den Vondel, dated 1638. Letter from Hugo de Groot to Joost van den Vondel, print maker: Daniël Veelwaard (I), (mentioned on object), Hugo de Groot, (mentioned on object), Joost van den Vondel, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1776 - 1851, paper, etching, h 283 mm × w 222 mm

Hugo, Victor (n.1802-02-26-D.1885-05-22), COPEAU The revolutions () Do not create anything ...) (dummy title). Ink on paper. Houses of Victor Hugo Paris - Guernsey.

Hugo, Victor (n.1802-02-26-D.1885-05-22), COPEAU for the two finds of Gallus, Esc (Act II, scene 4) (dummy title). Ink on paper. Houses of Victor Hugo Paris - Guernsey.

Elizabeth Fries (Lummis) Ellet autograph letter signed to Edgar Allan Poe, 16 December 1845 (Postmarked) , American literature, 19th century, History and criticism, Authors, American, 19th century, Correspondence, Authors and publishers, Poets, American, 19th century, Correspondence. Rufus W. Griswold Papers

Portrait of Fargueil Ana�s, (1819-1896), (actress) Georges Mathurin Leg�. Portrait of Ana�s Fargueil (1819-1896), Actress. Business Card (verso). Draw on Albuminum Paper. 1870-1890.

Description: The opening page of the Bible, with the original handwriting of Levi Hayden, to whom the Bible was given by a grandson of John Adams. Location: Pitcairn Islands

Facsimile of the draft of the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America or The Unanimous Declaration of The Thirteen United States of America in the handwriting of Thomas Jefferson with corrections by Benjamin Franklin, independence from Great Britain

Hugo, Victor (n.1802-02-26-D.1885-05-22), Coopeau de la Légende des Centuries, Le Romancero du Cid (stanza not used) (dummy title), 1856. Houses of Victor Hugo Paris- Guernsey.

Deed of property in Harwich sold to Samuel Mayo of Harwich by Joshua Hopkins ,. Stanley Smith Deed Collection

Hugo, Victor (n.1802-02-26-D.1885-05-22), Cotau I challenge myself, having little ... and I live ... I am .... (dummy title). Ink on paper. Houses of Victor Hugo Paris - Guernsey.

Stiehl Otto (1860-1940): Sketch and photo album 3: S. Abbondio, Como

Letter from Peter the Great, 9 June 1672 -8 February 1725, Tsar and Grand Duke of Russia, to Duke Carl Friedrich of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf concern...

Victor Hugo (1802-1885). "The poem of the witch, series" Pieces of the trial - authentic portraits of various devils that the witch had the wrong to frequent ": autograph title. Paris, house of Victor Hugo. 33542-1 Autograph, French writer, ink, manuscript, poem

Wiik, Maria, work, Sketch book, 'min första skissbok', approx. 1873-1876, special category: sketch book, 24 cm x 30 cm, Wiik, Maria, section: Beach sauna, approx. 1873-1876, Maria Catharina Wiik 1853 - 1928 a Finnish painter of still life, genre images, landscape paintings and portraits. Lived in Finland

Hugo, Victor (N.1802-02-26-D.1885-05-22), Covenue de Dieu (Fragments) (Faith title), 1856. Ink on paper. Houses of Victor Hugo Paris - Guernsey.

Annotations. Annotations. Page 94, rear bract, from a sketchbook with 46 sheets manufactured in Amsterdam.

Deed of property in Harwich sold to Samuel Mayo Jr. of Harwich by Jacob Jacob of Harwich ,. Stanley Smith Deed Collection

Hugo, Victor (N.1802-02-26-D.1885-05-22), Cotau for Torquemada (Act I, scene 7, it is said that all the child the demon T'Obséda) (dummy title). Ink on paper. Houses of Victor Hugo Paris - Guernsey.

Annotations. Page 1, front bract, from a sketchbook with 39 sheets.

Letter to Jan Veth, Wally Moes, 1874 - 1918 letter paper. ink writing (processes) / pen the graphic arts Utrecht

Hugo, Victor (N.1802-02-26-D.1885-05-22), Cotau for Torquemada (but do we not ...) (dummy title). Ink on paper. Houses of Victor Hugo Paris - Guernsey.

Draft of the marriage contract of Françoise de Sévigné and François de Grignan (dummy title). Carnavalet museum, history of Paris.

Final lines of the Instruction for the General Directorate, handwritten draft by King Frederick William I ca 1729, digitally restored reproduction of ...

Letter from Jadwiga Zatywska (Deotymy) and Wac Dziaszewski to Magdalena Poradzewska; Zadzewska, Jadwiga (1834-1908), Dziaszewski, Wac AW (1806-1867); 6/11/1864 (1864-00-00-1864-00-00);Dar, Buchner Władysław

Letter to Emile Ernest Bernard, Émile Bernard, 1878 - 1941 letter Letter dated 1897 in a later hand. Cairo paper. ink writing (processes) / pen

Deed of property in Harwich sold to Samuel Mayo Jr. of Harwich by Jacob Jacob of Harwich ,. Stanley Smith Deed Collection

Hugo, Victor (n.1802-02-26-D.1885-05-22), Cot de Dieu, The threshold of the chasm-the human spirit (voice XII (Gavarnie), around 33-68 and 89-92 1st version) (dummy title), 1856. Ink on paper, postal stamps. Houses of Victor Hugo Paris - Guernsey.

Deed of property in Harwich sold to Uriah Mayo of Easteham by Isaac Freeman and Hannah Freeman of Eastham ,. Stanley Smith Deed Collection

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