Edith Hipkins collection of British artists' letters

Finding aid prepared by Julianna Gil, Student Processing Assistant.

Special Collections & University Archives

The UCR Library

P.O. Box 5900

University of California

Riverside, California 92517-5900

Phone: 951-827-3233

Fax: 951-827-4673

Email: specialcollections@ucr.edu

URL: http://library.ucr.edu/libraries/special-collections-university-archives

Descriptive Summary

Title: Edith Hipkins collection of British artists' letters

Date (inclusive): 1818-1940

Collection Number: MS 268

Creator: Hipkins, Edith J.

Extent: 0.21 linear feet (1 box)

Repository: Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.

Riverside, CA 92517-5900

Abstract: This collection contains correspondence from numerous British artists during the 19th and early 20th century received and collected by British painter Edith Hipkins. The majority of the correspondence consists of personal letters sent to Hipkins and her father, musician Alfred J. Hipkins.

Languages: The majority of the collection is in English, with one letter in Italian.

Access

The collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

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Preferred Citation

[identification of item]. Edith Hipkins collection of British artists' letters (MS 268). Special Collections & University Archives, University of California, Riverside.

Acquisition Information

Provenance unknown.

Processing History

Processed by Julianna Gil, Student Processing Assistant, 2017.

Processing of the Edith Hipkins collection of British artists' letters was completed by undergraduate students from the University of California, Riverside as part of the Special Collections & University Archives Backlog Processing Project started in 2015. This project was funded by the UCR Library and administered by Jessica Geiser, Collections Management Librarian.

Biographical Note

Edith Hipkins (1854-1945) was a British portrait painter, who exhibited her work regularly at the Royal Academy of Arts between 1883 and 1911. A portrait she painted of her father, Alfred James Hipkins, is in the National Portrait Gallery in London.

Alfred James Hipkins (1826-1903) was a British musicologist, musician, and musical antiquary. He was well known for his performances of the works of Chopin and wrote reviews on musical ethnology or musical antiquity for The Musical Times and The Athenaeum.

Collection Scope and Contents

This collection contains correspondence from numerous British artists during the 19th and early 20th century received and collected by British painter Edith Hipkins. The majority of the correspondence consists of personal letters sent to Hipkins and her father, musician Alfred J. Hipkins. Some letters in the collection also include sketches, portraits, prints of wood engravings by Edith's brother John Hipkins, and notes handwritten by Edith on the correspondent.

Collection Arrangement

The collection is arranged alphabetically.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects

Hipkins, Alfred J. (Alfred James), 1826-1903

Art and literature -- Great Britain -- 19th century

Art and music

Artists -- Great Britain

Genres and Forms of Materials

Correspondence

Box 1, Folder 1

Aitken, Charles 1929