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Businesses (44)
- John Andrewes, calico printer
- Charles Richard Bettridge, tailor Eton, Buckinghamshire
- Robert Holme Bowman, furniture maker
- Brameld & Co, potters Swinton, Lancashire
- Birch & Birch, general purveyors London
- R Brown & Co Ltd, picture restorers London
- Carrington & Co Ltd, jewellers and silversmiths Westminster, Middlesex
- Cope Bros & Co, publishers Liverpool, Lancashire
- Cowtan & Sons Ltd, decorators, upholsterers, cabinet makers and electrical engineers London
- George Coyte, silversmith London
- John Gregory Crace & Son, interior decorators and furniture mfrs London
- Davenport Glassworks Longport, Staffordshire
- William De Morgan & Co, manufacturers of decorated pottery and tiles London
- Desormeaux, merchant London
- Duppa, Slodden & Co, decorators London
- Charles Erard & Co, designers and manufacturers of screens and furniture London
- Thomas Furniss, tailor Epsom, Surrey
- N Goetze, jeweller
- Thomas Gray & Sons, painters
- Guild of Handicraft, craftsmen designers Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire;London
- Harrison & Sons, printers Westminster, Middlesex;High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
- Heaton, Butler & Bayne, stained glass manufacturers London
- Cyrus Hill, glass designer
- Jeffrey & Co Ltd, wallpaper manufacturers London
- Knight, Frank & Rutley, auctioneers and estate agents London
- Larry the Lamb Ltd
- John Leach Bennett & Co, calico printers Merton, Surrey
- Morris & Co Ltd, upholsterers, cabinet makers, tapestry and wallpaper manufacturers London;Merton, Surrey
- Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co, Pre-Raphaelite furnishers London
- Morton Sundour Fabrics Ltd, textile manufacturers Carlisle, Cumberland;Darvel, Ayrshire;Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Richard Mulloch, manufacturer of brown wares and tobacco pipes
- Richard Mullock, glass and ceramic merchant Newport, Monmouthshire
- David Norrie, tailor London
- Peter Selby, ironmonger and clockmaker Wareham, Dorset
- William Soper & Son, enamellers and jewellers Westminster, Middlesex
- Swaisland's Printing Co Ltd, calico and silk printers Crayford, Kent
- unidentified tailors London
- textile dealer London
- Thurston & Co Ltd, billiard table manufacturers London
- Waller & Sons, interior decorators London
- Warren Art Gallery London
- Welch & Stalker, military and naval tailors London
- Henry Yont, hat manufacturer
- Paper stainer London
Organisations (16)
- Associated Artists in Water Colours, London London
- British Institution
- Burlington Fine Arts Club, London London
- Capuchin Friary, Paris Paris, France
- College of Arms London
- Etching Club, London London
- Fine Arts Club, London London
- Guild of Handicraft, Chipping Campden Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire
- Junior Etching Club, London London
- National Art Library
- New Society of Painters in Water Colours London
- Royal Watercolour Society London
- School of Handicraft, London London
- South Kensington Museum Kensington, Middlesex
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Womens International Arts Club
Persons (398)
- Albert (1819-1861) Prince Consort of Queen Victoria
- Amos, Andrew (1791-1860), lawyer and antiquary
- Ansdell, Richard (1815-1885) Animal Painter
- Arderon, William (1703-1767) Naturalist
- Armfield, Stuart Maxwell (1916-2000), Painter
- Armstrong, Thomas (1832-1911) Museum Director and Artist
- Ashbee, Charles Robert (1863-1942), architect, designer and town planner
- Bacon, Francis (1561-1626) Viscount St Albans, Lord Chancellor
- Baker, Henry (1698-1774), naturalist and poet
- Barlow, Ellen (1821-1908), wife of Thomas Oldham Barlow
- Barlow, Thomas Oldham (1824-1889), engraver and etcher
- Bartholdy, Jacob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn- (1809-1847), composer Hamburg, Germany;Berlin, Germany
- Beauclerk, William Aubrey de Vere (1801-1849) 9th Duke of St Albans
- Beckford, William (1760-1844) Author MP Art Collector
- Beckwith, Thomas (d 1786), painter and antiquary
- Beilby, Ralph (1744-1817), engraver
- Bell, John (1811-1895) Sculptor
- Bell, Vanessa (1879-1961), artist London
- Berlin, Sven (1911-1999) Painter
- Bewick, Robert Elliot (1788-1849) Wood Engraver
- Bewick, Thomas (1753-1828), engraver
- Birdwood, Sir George Christopher Molesworth (1832-1917) Knight, Indian administrator
- Blunt, Wilfrid Scawen (1840-1922), hedonist, poet, and breeder of Arab horses
- Boaden, James (1762-1839), dramatist, critic and biographer
- Bohn, Henry George (1796-1884), translator and publisher
- Bowyer, Robert (1758-1834) Miniature Painter
- Boyle, Roger (1621-1679) 1st Earl of Orrery, Major General, statesman, dramatist
- Brock, Sir Thomas (1847-1922) Knight Designer and Sculptor
- Brooks, Charles William Shirley (1816-1874), editor of Punch
- Brown, Ford Madox (1821-1893), painter
- Browning, Elizabeth Barrett (1806-1861), poet
- Browning, Robert (1812-1889), poet
- Brydges, Sir Samuel Egerton (1762-1837), 1st Baronet, MP, bibliographer and genealogist
- Brzeska, Henri Gaudier- (1891-1915) Sculptor
- Bulwer-Lytton, Edward George Earle Lytton (1803-1873) 1st Baron Lytton, statesman and novelist
- Bulwer-Lytton, Edward Robert (1831-1891) 1st Earl of Lytton, Viceroy of India
- Burges, William (1827-1881), architect
- Burke, John (1787-1848) Genealogist and Antiquary
- Burke, Sir John Bernard (1814-1892) Knight, herald and genealogist
- Burton, Decimus (1800-1881), architect
- Burton, Henry (fl 1855-1910) Art Collector
- Bush, Harry (1883-1957) Painter and Illustrator
- Butler, James (1610-1688) 1st Duke of Ormonde, soldier and statesman
- Butler, James (1665-1745) 2nd Duke of Ormonde, statesman
- Byron, George Gordon (1788-1824) 6th Baron Byron, poet
- Caldecott, Randolph (1846-1886), artist
- Campbell, Hugh Hume- (1708-1794) 3rd Earl of Marchmont
- Campbell, Thomas (1777-1844), poet
- Carlyle, Thomas (1795-1881), historian, essayist and philosopher
- Cavalcaselle, Giovanni Battista (1820-1897) Italian Art Historian and Critic
- Chalmers, George (1742-1825), antiquary and public servant
- Chalon, Alfred Edward (1780-1866) Portrait and Subject Painter
- Chambers, Sir William (1726-1796), Knight and architect
- Chantrey, Sir Francis Legatt (1781-1841), Knight, Sculptor
- Louis Charles (1617-1680) Elector Palatine
- Charles I, (1600-1649) King of Great Britain and Ireland
- Child, Heather (1911-1997), calligrapher, heraldic and botanical artist
- Children, John George (1777-1852) Scientist
- Chippendale, Thomas (d 1779), furniture maker
- Cibber, Susannah Maria (1714-1766), actress
- Clausen, Sir George (1852-1944) Knight, painter
- Clayton, Charlotte (c1679-1742), Woman of the Bedchamber to Queen Caroline of Anspach and wife of William Clayton, 1st Baron Sundon
- Clayton, Robert (1695-1758) Bishop of Clogher
- Cleland, John (1709-1789) Novelist
- Clive, Catherine (1711-1785), actress
- Close, Thomas (1796-1881) Antiquary
- Cockerell, Sir Sydney Carlyle (1867-1962) Knight, Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, bibliographer
- Cockin, William (1736-1801) Author
- Cole, Sir Henry (1808-1882) Knight, public servant
- Cole, William, (1714-1782), Anglican clergyman and antiquary
- Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (1772-1834), poet and philosopher
- Collier, John Payne (1789-1883), Shakespearean scholar and forger, antiquary and journalist
- Collins, William (1788-1847), landscape painter
- Collins, William Wilkie (1824-1889), novelist and playwright London
- Colman, George (1762-1836) Dramatist
- Colnaghi, Dominic Paul (1790-1879), print dealer
- Colvile, Frederick Leigh (1819-1886), Vicar of Leek and Wootton, author and antiquary
- Compton, Spencer (1673-1743) 1st Earl of Wilmington
- Constable, John (1776-1837), landscape painter
- Cooper, Anthony Ashley (1621-1683) 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, statesman
- Cousins, Samuel (1801-1887) Engraver
- Coventry, Henry (1619-1686) Secretary of State
- Cowper, William (1731-1800), poet
- Crabbe, George (1754-1832), poet
- Cromwell, Oliver (1599-1658) Lord Protector
- Crosse, Richard (1742-1810) Miniature Painter
- Crossley, Sir Francis (1817-1872) Baronet MP and Manufacturer
- Crowe, Eyre (1824-1910) artist
- Crowe, Sir Joseph Archer (1825-1896), knight, journalist art critic and commercial attache London
- Cumberland, Richard (1732-1811), dramatist and government official
- Cunliffe-Owen, Sir Francis Philip (1828-1894), Knight, Director of the South Kensington Museum
- Cunningham, Allan (1784-1842), poet and songwriter
- Dayes, Edward (1763-1804) Water Colour Painter
- Delap, John (1725-1812) Poet and Dramatist
- Denny, Sir Arthur (1629-1673) Knight MP
- Denny, Sir Edward (1605-1646) Knight MP
- Denny, Sir Thomas (d 1761) Knight Colonel MP
- Derrick, Samuel (1724-1769) Poet and Master of Ceremonies at Bath
- Dewes, Sir Simonds D (1602-1650) MP antiquary and manuscript collector
- D'Ewes, Sir Simonds (1602-1650) 1st Baronet MP Antiquary
- Dickens, Charles John Huffam (1812-1870), novelist and journalist
- Dillwyn, Lewis Weston (1778-1855), naturalist, MP, pottery manufacturer
- Disraeli, Benjamin (1804-1881) Earl of Beaconsfield, statesman
- D'Israeli, Isaac (1766-1848) Author
- Dovaston, John Freeman Milward (1782-1854) Writer
- Dow, Alexander (d 1779) historian and dramatist
- Drake, Sir Francis (1540-1596) Knight, pirate, sea captain and explorer
- Dunning, John (1731-1783) 1st Baron Ashburton, politician
- Dyce, Alexander (1798-1869), scholar
- Dyce, William (1806-1864), painter
- Eastlake, Sir Charles Lock (1793-1865) Knight, painter
- Eastlake, Elizabeth (1809-1893), reviewer and author
- Egg, Augustus Leopold (1816-1863) Painter
- Egley, William (1798-1870) Miniature Painter
- Eliot, Sir John (1592-1632) Knight, politician
- Elizabeth (1596-1662) Queen of Bohemia
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo (1803-1882) American Essayist and Poet
- Erskine, David Steuart (1742-1829) 11th Earl of Buchan, author and antiquary
- Esteve, Maurice (1904-2001), Painter France
- Fairbank, Sir William (1850-1929) Knight Royal Surgeon
- Fairholt, Frederick William (1813-1866), antiquary
- Faithorne, William (1616-1691) Engraver and Portrait Painter
- Farquharson, Victor Alexander (1853-1926), antiquary
- Fermor, Henrietta Louisa (d 1761), Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Caroline, wife of 1st Earl of Pomfret
- Ferne, Sir John (d 1610) Knight Writer On Heraldry Genealogist
- Fielding, Henry (1707-1754) Author
- Fielding, Newton Smith (1799-1856), painter
- Fildes, Sir Samuel Luke (1843-1927) Knight Painter
- Finberg, Alexander Joseph (1866-1939), art historian
- Fisher, John (1788-1832), clergyman
- Fletcher, Benjamin John (d 1951) Writer On Design
- Flint, Sir William Russell (1880-1969), Knight, artist
- Foote, Samuel (1720-1777) actor and dramatist
- Fordyce, George (1736-1802), physician
- Forrester, Alfred Henry (1804-1872), artist and writer
- Forster, John (1812-1876), historian and biographer
- Forsyth, Moira (1905-1991) Stained Glass Designer
- Fortnum, Charles Drury Edward (1820-1899), art collector and antiquary
- Fountaine, Sir Andrew (1676-1753) Knight Art Connoisseur
- Fowke, Francis (1822-1865) Architect and Engineer
- Fowler, Sir John (1817-1898) 1st Baronet, civil engineer
- Francklin, Thomas (1721-1784) writer
- Franks, Sir Augustus Wollaston (1826-1897) Knight Antiquary
- Fraser, Claud Lovat (1890-1921), artist and designer
- Frith, William Powell (1819-1909), painter
- Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Painter
- Garrick, David (1717-1779), actor
- Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn (1810-1865), novelist Chelsea, Middlesex
- Gaskell, Holbrook (1813-1909) Chemical Manufacturer
- George I, (1660-1727) King of Great Britain and Ireland
- Gibson, John (1790-1866), sculptor
- Gilpin, William (1724-1804) Clergyman Educationist Biographer Topographer
- Godolphin, Sidney (1645-1712) 1st Earl of Godolphin
- Godwin, William (1756-1836) Philosopher and Novelist
- Gore, Thomas (1632-1684) Antiquary
- Gore, Sir Thomas (1638-1675) Knight Antiquary
- Goulding, Frederick (1842-1909) master printer of copper plates
- Grant, Sir Francis (1803-1878) Knight, portrait painter
- Gregory, Edward John (1850-1909), painter
- Grenvile, Bevil (1596-1643) Royalist
- Grenville, Sir Bevill (1596-1643) Knight Royalist
- Grenville, George Nugent- (1788-1850) 2nd Baron Nugent, politician
- Greville, Robert Fulke (1751-1824) MP Courtier
- Griffith, Elizabeth (1727-1793), playwright and novelist
- Halward, Reginald (1858-1948) Painter
- Hampden, John (1594-1643) Statesman
- Harcourt-Smith, Sir Cecil (1859-1944), Knight, museum director and archaeologist
- Hardie, Martin (1875-1952), painter and etcher
- Harding, James Duffield (1797-1863), artist
- Hart, Solomon Alexander (1806-1881), painter
- Haslehurst, Ernest William (1866-1949), Artist
- Haviland, Thomas Fioth de (1775-1866), army engineer
- Hawkins, William (1722-1801) author
- Hay, David Ramsay (1798-1866), decorative artist and author
- Hay, Thomas (1710-1787) 8th Earl of Kinnoull, statesman
- Haydon, Benjamin Robert (1786-1846), painter
- Helps, Sir Arthur (1813-1875) Knight, Clerk of the Privy Council
- Henderson, John (1862-1938) secretary of National Liberal Club
- Hennell, Robert (1826-1892), Silversmith London
- Henrietta, Maria (1609-1669) Queen Consort of Charles I
- Herbert, William (1501-1570) 1st Earl of Pembroke
- Herkomer, Sir Hubert von (1849-1914), Knight, German painter
- Hewitt, William Graily (1864-1952) Calligrapher Illuminator
- Hoadly, John (1711-1776) poet and dramatist
- Holworthy, James (1781-1841) Water Colour Painter
- Hudson, Derek Rommel (1911-2003), journalist and biographer
- Hulme, Frederick Edward (1841-1909) Botanical Artist
- Hume, Sir Abraham (1749-1838) 2nd Baronet MP Geologist Art Collector
- Hunt, James Henry Leigh (1784-1859), essayist and poet
- Hunt, William Holman (1827-1910), painter
- Image, Selwyn (1849-1930) Artist
- Inchbald, Elizabeth (1753-1821), novelist, dramatist and actress
- Inskipp, James (1790-1868) Painter
- Ionides, Constantine Alexander (1833-1900), stockbroker and art collector Manchester, Lancashire
- Ionides, Helen Euphrosyne (1871-1967)
- Jackson, Sir Thomas Graham (1835-1924) Knight, architect and antiquary
- Jephson, Robert (1736-1803) Dramatist and Poet
- Jerrold, Douglas William (1803-1857) Author
- Jerrold, William Blanchard (1826-1884) Author and Journalist
- Johnson, Samuel (1709-1784), lexicographer, essayist, literary biographer
- Johnston, Edward (1872-1944) Calligrapher and Designer
- Joy, Edward (d 1983) Furniture Historian
- Kean, Edmund (1787-1833) Actor
- Keats, John (1795-1821), poet
- Kelly, Hugh (1739-1777) Playwright and Actor
- Kemble, John Philip (1757-1823), actor
- Kendrick, Albert Frank (1872-1954) Textile Historian
- Kent, Nathaniel (1737-1810) Land Valuer and Agriculturalist
- King, John (? 1559-1621) Bishop of London
- King, Thomas (1730-1805) Actor and Dramatist
- Kneller, Sir Godfrey (1646-1723) Knight Painter
- Knowles, James Sheridan (1784-1862), dramatist
- Kugler, Franz (1808-1858) German Historian
- Lamb, Lady Caroline (1785-1828), novelist
- Lamb, Charles (1775-1834), essayist and humorist
- Landor, Walter Savage (1775-1864), author
- Landseer, Sir Edwin Henry (1802-1873) Knight Painter
- Lawrence, Sir Thomas (1769-1830) Knight, painter
- Lear, Edward (1812-1888), landscape painter and writer
- Leathart, James (fl 1853-1896) Patron of the Arts
- Leech, John (1817-1864) Humorous Artist
- Leger, Fernand (1881-1955) Painter
- Legros, Alphonse (1837-1911), painter and sculptor
- Leslie, Charles Robert (1794-1859) Painter
- Lethaby, William Richard (1857-1931), architect and historian Barnstaple, Devon
- Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818) Romance Writer
- Lidderdale, Charles Sillem (1831-1895) Artist
- Lion, Fiona (1876-1938) Portrait Painter
- Lister, Thomas Henry (1801-1842) Novelist and Historian
- Locke, John (1632-1704), philosopher
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1882) American Poet
- Lough, John Graham (1806-1876), sculptor
- Lowry, Laurence Stephen (1887-1976), painter
- Lucas, John Seymour (1849-1923), painter
- MacCallum, Andrew (1821-1902), Painter
- MacDonnell, Katherine (? 1603-1649) Baroness de Ros, Marchioness of Antrim, Duchess of Buckingham
- Machell, Christopher (1747-1827) Antiquary
- Maclise, Daniel (1806-1870) Painter
- Macready, William Charles (1793-1873), actor
- Malone, Edmund (1741-1812), critic and author
- Manners, John Henry (1778-1857) 5th Duke of Rutland
- Margetson, William Henry (1861-1940) painter, illustrator and designer
- Markland, Jeremiah (1693-1776) Classical Scholar
- Marx, Enid Crystal Dorothy (1902-1998), painter and designer
- Mary (1867-1953) Queen Consort of George V
- Maurier, George Louis Palmella Busson Du (1834-1896) Artist and Novelist
- Mazzini, Giuseppe (1805-1872) Italian Patriot
- Mead, Richard (1673-1754) Physician
- Middleton, John Henry (1846-1896), archaeologist and antiquary
- Millais, Sir John Everett (1829-1896) Knight, painter
- Milne, Alan Alexander (1882-1956), author, poet and playwright Kilburn, Middlesex
- Mitford, John (1781-1859) Anglican Clergyman Literary Historian Gardener
- Molyns, Sir John (d 1362) Knight Soldier
- Montagu, Elizabeth (1720-1800), author
- Montagu, John (1718-1792) 4th Earl of Sandwich, statesman
- Montagu, Ralph (? 1638-1709) 1st Duke of Montagu
- More, Hannah (1745-1833), writer
- Morelli, Giovanni (1816-1891) Italian Art Critic
- Morris, William (1834-1896), poet artist and socialist Walthamstow, Essex
- Moule, Thomas (1784-1851), antiquary
- Mulready, William (1786-1863) Painter
- Murphy, Arthur (1727-1805) Author and Actor
- Neale, John Preston (1780-1847) Architectural Draughtsman
- Newton, Alfred Pizzi (1830-1883) Water Colour Painter
- Nicholl, John (1790-1871) Antiquary
- Nicolson, William (1655-1727), Bishop of Derry, antiquary
- Nisbet, Noel Laura (1887-1956) afterwards Bush, Painter and Illustrator
- North, Sir Dudley (1641-1691), Knight, financier and economist
- Northcote, James (1746-1831), painter and author
- Oakes, Sir Hildebrand (1754-1822) 1st Baronet Lieutenant General
- Ollier, Charles (1788-1859), publisher
- Opie, John (1761-1807) Portrait and Historical Painter
- Osborne, Peregrine Hyde (1691-1731) 3rd Duke of Leeds
- Overall, William Henry (1829-1888) Librarian of the Guildhall Antiquary
- Parker, Agnes Miller (1895-1980), wood engraver and book illustrator
- Passavant, Johann David (1787-1861) German Painter
- Percival, Maurice Marshall (b 1906) Artist in Oil Pen and Ink and Mural
- Percy, John (1817-1889) Metallurgist
- Perigord, Charles Maurice de Talleyrand- (1754-1838), French statesman and diplomat
- Phillips, Sir Claude (1846-1924) Knight Art Critic
- Phillips, Thomas (1770-1845) Portrait Painter
- Pick, Frank (1878-1941) Vice Chairman London Passenger Transport Board
- Piozzi, Hester Lynch (1741-1821), literary figure and writer
- Pitts, William (1790-1840) Silver Chaser and Sculptor
- Playfair, Lyon (1818-1898) 1st Baron Playfair of St Andrews, chemist
- Pollard, Robert (1755-1838) Designer and Engraver
- Pollock, Sir Jonathan Frederick (1783-1870) 1st Baronet, MP, judge
- Poole, John (? 1786-1872) Dramatist and Miscellaneous Author
- Poole, Stanley Edward Lane (1854-1931), Orientalist and historian
- Potter, Helen Beatrix (1866-1943), author and illustrator
- Povey, Thomas (1613-c 1702), Civil Servant, MP
- Poynter, Sir Edward John (1836-1919) Knight, painter
- Price, Sir Rose (1768-1834) Baronet
- Procter, Bryan Waller (1787-1874), poet
- Pugin, Augustus Charles (1762-1832) Architect Archaeologist Artist
- Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore (1812-1852), architect
- Pye, Joel Henrietta (?1737-1782), poet and author
- Pye, John (1782-1874), landscape engraver
- Pyne, Charles Claude (1802-1878) Painter
- Pyne, James Baker (1800-1870) Painter
- Rackham, Bernard (1876-1964) Expert On Ceramics
- Raczinsky, Count Edward (1786-1845) Polish Scholar
- Radford, Ernest (1857-1919), poet, art critic and socialist
- Raffalovich, Marc Andre (1864-1934), religious writer
- Read, Sir Herbert (1893-1968), Knight, art critic, author and anarchist
- Redgrave, Richard (1804-1888), painter
- Reynolds, Richard (1674-1743) Bishop of Lincoln
- Richardson, Samuel (1689-1761), novelist
- Ricketts, Charles de Sousy (1866-1931), painter, stage designer and writer
- Rippingille, Edward Villiers (1798-1859) Painter
- Roberts, David (1796-1864), painter
- Robinson, Henry Crabb (1775-1867) Diarist
- Robinson, Sir John Charles (1824-1913), Knight, art connoisseur and collector
- Rodd, James Rennell (1858-1941) 1st Baron Rennell, diplomat
- Rogers, Samuel (1763-1855), poet
- Romney, George (1734-1802), painter
- Rooke, Thomas Matthew (1842-1942) Painter
- Roper, William (1496-1578) Biographer of Sir Thomas More
- Roscoe, Henry (1800-1836) Biographer
- Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882), painter and poet
- Rossetti, William Michael (1829-1919), man of letters and art critic
- Rupert (1619-1682) Prince, Duke of Cumberland
- Russell, John (1745-1806) Portrait Painter
- Russell, William (1616-1700) 1st Duke of Bedford
- Sackville, Lionel Cranfield (1687-1765) 1st Duke of Dorset, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
- Sassoon, Siegfried Loraine (1886-1967), poet and author
- Scarfe, Laurence (1914-1993), painter and graphic designer, arts and crafts writer and lecturer
- Schnorr, Julius von Carolsfeld (1794-1872), German painter
- Scott, Sir Walter (1771-1832) 1st Baronet, poet and novelist
- Semper, Gottfried (1803-1879) German Architect
- Serle, Thomas James (1798-1889) Dramatist, Actor-Manager and Producer
- Severn, Joseph (1793-1879), painter
- Shaw, George Bernard (1856-1950), author and playwright
- Sheridan, Richard Brinsley (1751-1816), dramatist and politician Dublin, County Dublin
- Sheringham, George (1884-1937) Artist
- Smetham, James (1821-1889) Painter and Essayist
- Smith, Percy John Delf (1882-1948), painter, etcher and typographical designer
- Smith, William (1808-1876), printseller
- Soane, Sir John (1753-1837) Knight Architect
- Sotheby, James (1655-1720), art collector
- Southey, Robert (1774-1843), poet, journalist and biographer
- Southwell, Sir Robert (1635-1702) Knight, diplomat
- Sparkes, John (d 1907) Painter
- Spedding, James (1808-1881), editor
- Spielmann, Sir Isidore (1854-1925) Knight, art expert
- Spielmann, Marion Harry Alexander (1858-1948), art historian
- Spiers, Richard Phene (1837-1916) Architect Architectural Historian
- Stampa, George Loraine (1875-1951) Artist
- Stanfield, George Clarkson (1828-1878) Artist
- Stanhope, Lady Hester Lucy (1776-1839), traveller
- Stanley, Edward (1779-1849) Bishop of Norwich
- Stanley, Sir John Thomas (1735-1807) 6th Baronet
- Steevens, George (1736-1800), Shakespearean scholar, bibliophile
- Stephens, Sir William Reynolds- (1862-1943) Knight Sculptor
- Stepney, George (1663-1707), diplomat and poet
- Stone, Marcus (1840-1921) Artist
- Stopford, James (? 1697-1759) Bishop of Cloyne
- Storer, James Sargant (1771-1853) Draughtsman and Engraver
- Sutherland, Graham Vivian (1903-1980), painter
- Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745) Dean of St Patrick's Dublin Satirist
- Sykes, Geoffrey (1825-1866) Decorative Artist
- Talbot, Charles (1685-1737) 1st Baron Talbot, Lord Chancellor
- Tenison, Thomas (1636-1715) Archbishop of Canterbury controversialist collector of MSS
- Thomas, John Evan (1809-1873) Sculptor
- Thomson, James (1700-1748), poet
- Thornhill, Sir James (1675-1734), Knight, Painter, MP
- Tonkin, Stewart Morley (1902-1975) Journalist and Newspaper Proprietor
- Tristram, Ernest William (1882-1952), Art historian and restorer of wall paintings
- Vane, Sir Henry (1613-1662) Knight Statesman
- Varley, Cornelius (1781-1873) Painter and Inventor
- Victoria (1819-1901) Queen of Great Britain and Ireland
- Vinci, Leonardo Da (1452-1520) Italian painter
- Vyner, Robert (1631-1688) Lord Mayor of London Goldsmith and Banker
- Wake, William (1657-1737) Archbishop of Canterbury
- Walpole, Horace (1717-1797) 4th Earl of Orford, author collector antiquary MP
- Walton, Elijah (1832-1880) Painter
- Warburton, William (1698-1779) Bishop of Gloucester
- Ward, James (1769-1859) Painter and Engraver
- Watling, Hamlet (1818-1908) architect and antiquary
- Weale, William Henry James (1832-1917), art historian and antiquary
- Webb, Philip Speakman (1831-1915), architect
- Wellesley, Arthur (1769-1852) 1st Duke of Wellington, Field Marshal, statesman
- Whall, Christopher Whitworth (1849-1924) Stained Glass Artist
- Whistler, James Abbot McNeill (1834-1903), painter
- Whistler, Laurence (1912-2000), Engraver On Glass and Writer
- Whitaker, John (1735-1808) Historian of Manchester
- Wilkie, Sir David (1785-1841) Knight, painter
- Willement, Thomas (1786-1871), stained glass and heraldic artist and antiquary
- Williams, Margaret (d 1835), wife of Sir John Williams of Bodylwydden
- Williamson, Francis John (1833-1920), sculptor
- Winsor, William (d 1865) Partner in Firm of Winsor and Newton
- Wolf, Joseph (1820-1899) Naturalist
- Woods, Henry (1846-1921) Painter and Illustrator
- Woodward, Bernard Bolingbroke (1816-1869) Historian Royal Librarian
- Wordsworth, William (1770-1850), poet
- Wyatt, Benjamin Dean (1775-1852) Architect
- Wyatt, Matthew Cotes (1777-1862) Sculptor
- Wycherley, William (1641-1716) Dramatist
Diaries (9)
- Barchard, Francis (fl 1790-1855) Gentleman, Horsted Horsted, Sussex
- Child, Heather (1911-1997)
- Colnaghi, Antoinette And Francesca (fl 1844-1845) Sisters Travelling In Italy Italy
- Dodson, Elizabeth (fl 1728-1732)
- Johnson, Alfred J (fl 1878-1896) Painter And Illustrator, London London
- Martin, John Frederick (fl 1880), pupil of Gewnnap Gewnnap, Cornwall
- Smyth, Christopher (fl 1862-1863) Clergyman Egypt
- Tuckett, Francis (fl 1824) Germany;Belgium;Netherlands;Sweden
- Unnamed (fl 1687-1689), household account book keeper
Families (12)
- Barchard family of Horsted Place Horsted Place, Sussex
- Beauclerk family, Dukes of St Albans Lavendon, Buckinghamshire;Cranbrook, Kent;Glassenbury Park, Kent;Pickworth, Lincolnshire;Redbourne, Lincolnshire;Feltham, Middlesex;Hanworth, Middlesex;Bestwood Park, Nottinghamshire
- Crossley family, Barons Somerleyton Blundeston, Suffolk;Lound, Suffolk;Somerleyton, Suffolk
- Denny family, baronets, of Castle Moyle Tralee Castle, County Kerry
- Drake, Tyrwhitt- family of Shardeloes Shardeloes, Buckinghamshire;Malpas, Cheshire;Deptford, Kent;Sittingbourne, Kent;Chelsea, Middlesex;Westminster, Middlesex;Garsington, Oxfordshire;St Donats Castle, Glamorgan
- Herbert, family, Earls of Pembroke Wilton, Wiltshire;Chalbury, Dorset;Shaftesbury, Dorset;London;Abdon, Shropshire;Diddlebury, Shropshire;Chedzoy, Somerset;Dunster, Somerset;Alvediston, Wiltshire;Broad Chalke, Wiltshire;Fovant, Wiltshire;Grovely Wood, Wiltshire;Wylye, Wiltshire;Cardiff, Glamorgan;Cowbridge, Glamorgan;Kenfig, Glamorgan;Caerleon, Monmouthshire;Newport, Monmouthshire;Dublin, County Dublin
- Lee family, baronets, of Hartwell Hartwell, Buckinghamshire;Totteridge, Hertfordshire
- Osborne, family, Dukes of Leeds Baylies, Buckinghamshire;Farnham Royal, Buckinghamshire;Quainton, Buckinghamshire;Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire;Wexham, Buckinghamshire;Wingrave, Buckinghamshire;Gog Magog Hills, Cambridgeshire;Stapleford, Cambridgeshire;Godolphin, Cornwall;Helford, Cornwall;Helston, Cornwall;Penrhyn, Cornwall;Penventon, Cornwall;Parsloes, Essex;Aldbury, Hertfordshire;North Mimms, Hertfordshire;Tring, Hertfordshire;London;Holborn, Middlesex;Syon Hill, Middlesex;Westminster, Middlesex;East Dereham, Norfolk;Kingston, Nottinghamshire;Abertanat, Shropshire;Newmarket, Suffolk;Wimbledon, Surrey;Barnsley, Yorkshire;Conisbrough, Yorkshire;Harthill with Woodall, Yorkshire;Hornby, Yorkshire;Kiveton Park, Yorkshire;Lindrick, Yorkshire;North Anston, Yorkshire;Seamer in Pickering Lythe Wapentake, Yorkshire;South Anston, Yorkshire;Thorpe Salvin, Yorkshire;Todwick, Yorkshire;Wakefield, Yorkshire;Wales, Yorkshire;Tanyllwyn, Denbighshire;Broniarth, Montgomeryshire;Mar Lodge, Aberdeenshire;Invereshie, Inverness-shire;Scilly Isles
- Russell family of Guildford Guildford, Surrey;Shalford, Surrey
- Russell, family, Dukes of Bedford Ampthill, Bedfordshire;Houghton Conquest, Bedfordshire;Oakley, Bedfordshire;Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire;Chenies, Buckinghamshire;Dry Drayton, Cambridgeshire;Shingay, Cambridgeshire;Thorney, Cambridgeshire;Calstock, Cornwall;Stoke Climsland, Cornwall;Plymstock, Devon;Tavistock, Devon;Kingston Russell, Dorset;Maiden Newton, Dorset;Swyre, Dorset;Micheldever, Hampshire;Stratton, Hampshire;Hitchin, Hertfordshire;Sibson cum Stibbington, Huntingdonshire;Beckenham, Kent;Rotherhithe, Surrey;Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire;Bloomsbury, Middlesex;Covent Garden, Middlesex;Streatham, Surrey;Tooting, Surrey;Wandsworth, Surrey;Helgay, Norfolk;Thornhaugh, Northamptonshire;Wansford, Northamptonshire;Easton Bavents, Suffolk;Cheam, Surrey;Ewell, Surrey;Hadnock, Monmouthshire;Southery, Norfolk;Aspley Heath, Bedfordshire;Aspley Guise, Bedfordshire;Husborne Crawley, Bedfordshire;Eversholt, Bedfordshire
- Stuart, Crichton- family, Marquesses of Bute Auchinleck, Ayrshire;Dumfries House, Ayrshire;Ochiltree, Ayrshire;Old Cumnock, Ayrshire;Arran, Buteshire;Bute, Buteshire;Cumbrae, Buteshire;Mountstuart, Buteshire;Rothesay, Buteshire;Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire;Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire;Falkland, Fife;Falkland Palace, Fife;Edinburgh, Midlothian;Pluscarden, Moray;Ardwell, Wigtownshire;Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire;Kirkinner, Wigtownshire;Mochrum, Wigtownshire;Sorbie, Wigtownshire;Aberdare, Glamorgan;Caerphilly Castle, Glamorgan;Caerphilly, Glamorgan;Cardiff Castle, Glamorgan;Cardiff, Glamorgan;Castell Coch, Glamorgan;Eglwysilan, Glamorgan;Llanblethian, Glamorgan;Llantrisant, Glamorgan;Machen, Monmouthshire;Newport, Monmouthshire;Trelegg, Monmouthshire;Usk, Monmouthshire;Wentlooge St Bride, Monmouthshire;Luton, Bedfordshire;Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire;Kirtling, Cambridgeshire;Axwell, Durham;Tanfield, Durham;Winlaton, Durham;Hertfordshire;London;Middlesex;Kirknewton, Northumberland;Adderbury, Oxfordshire;Worcestershire
- Vyner, family of Newby Wrest Park, Bedfordshire;Bidston, Cheshire;Birkenhead, Cheshire;Moreton, Cheshire;Upton, Cheshire;Wallasey, Cheshire;Northleach, Gloucestershire;Cannes, France;Stanton, Gloucestershire;Bardney, Lincolnshire;Gautby, Lincolnshire;Sotby, Lincolnshire;Strubby, Lincolnshire;London;Swakeleys, Middlesex;Coombe Hurst, Surrey;Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey;Acklam with Barthorpe, Yorkshire;Askrigg, Yorkshire;Baldersby, Yorkshire;Clifton, Yorkshire;Dishforth, Yorkshire;Fairfield, Yorkshire;Huntington, Yorkshire;Leppington, Yorkshire;Newby Hall, Yorkshire;Newby with Mulwith, Yorkshire;Newby Park, Yorkshire;Rainton cum Newby, Yorkshire;Rawcliffe, Yorkshire;Swanland, Yorkshire;Swinefleet, Yorkshire;Worton, Yorkshire;Torloisk, Argyllshire;Carslogie, Fife;Kirkness, Kinross-shire
Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (6)
- NRA 18524 HL Bradfer-Lawrence MSS
- NRA 38888 Alexander Dyce, scholar: MS collection
- NRA 38887 John Forster, biographer and historian: corresp and papers, incl MS collection
- NRA 40595 Derek Hudson, biographer: corresp and papers rel to biography of Arthur Rackham
- NRA 13466 Victoria and Albert Museum: MS collections
- NRA 38891 Victoria and Albert Museum, National Art Library: MS accessions 1979-95
Accessions
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