Edith Hipkins collection of British artists' letters
Finding aid prepared by Julianna Gil, Student Processing Assistant.
Special Collections & University Archives
The UCR Library
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University of California
Riverside, California 92517-5900
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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.
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 2
Alma-Tadema, Laurence
1938-1940
Box 1, Folder 3
Alma-Tadema, Sir Lawrence
1873-1911
Scope and Contents
File includes a portrait of Alma-Tadema.
Box 1, Folder 4
Amendola, Giovanni Battista
1886
Box 1, Folder 5
Bone, Sir Muirhead
undated
Box 1, Folder 6
Boughton, George Henry
1900
Box 1, Folder 7
Burne-Jones, Sir Edward
1850, undated
Box 1, Folder 8
Calderon, Philip Hermogenes
1890
Box 1, Folder 11
Dicksee, Sir Francis (Frank) Bernard
1895-1928
Box 1, Folder 13
Elmes, Harvey Lonsdale
1843, undated
Scope and Contents
File includes a portait of Elmes.
Box 1, Folder 15
Fielding, Copley
1850-1851
Box 1, Folder 16
Foster, Myles Birket
1862
Scope and Contents
Letter includes a sketch by Foster.
Box 1, Folder 17
Frith, William Powell
1887
Box 1, Folder 20
Gould, Francis (F.) Carruthers
1901
Box 1, Folder 23
Henschel, Sir George
1930-1934
Box 1, Folder 25
Hook, James Clarke
1890
Scope and Contents
Letter includes a sketch by Hook.
Box 1, Folder 26
Horsley, John Callcott
1876-1887
Box 1, Folder 27
Huggins, Sir William and Margaret Lindsay
1886-1905
Box 1, Folder 28
Hughes, Edward Robert (E.R.)
1911
Box 1, Folder 29
Hunt, Violet (as Violet Hunt Hueffer)
1912
Box 1, Folder 30
International Inventions Exhibition (multiple signatures)
1885
Box 1, Folder 33
Leighton, Sir Frederic
1895
Box 1, Folder 34
Lemarque, Ernest
circa 1915
Scope and Contents
File includes sketch by Lemarque.
Box 1, Folder 37
Magpie Minstrels Madrigal Society
1874
Box 1, Folder 39
Millais, Sir John Everett
1883
Box 1, Folder 41
North, Marianne
1886
Scope and Contents
File includes prints of wood engravings by John A. Hipkins after drawings by Marianne North.
Box 1, Folder 43
Poynter, Sir Edward
circa 1906
Box 1, Folder 45
Scott, Sir George Gilbert
1843
Scope and Contents
Letter includes sketches by Scott.
Box 1, Folder 46
Stephens, A. Neville
1930
Box 1, Folder 48
Unidentified Correspondents
1911, undated
Box 1, Folder 50
Watts, George Frederic
1893
Box 1, Folder 51
Whistler, James Abbott McNeill
undated