James Smetham Papers, 1853-1899

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Summary

Creator:
Smetham, James, 1821-1889.
Abstract:

James Smetham (1821-1899) was an English artist, engraver, essayist, and poet associated with Dante Gabriel Rossetti, John Ruskin, and the pre-Raphaelite movement.

The collection is three volumes of typed extracts from James Smetham's diaries and correspondence, with biographical information, annotations, and other related material by Smetham's wife, Sarah Goble Smetham (1828-1912); Morchard Bishop; and Geoffery Grigan. Included are transcriptions of letters to and from Dante Gabriel Rossetti and John Ruskin with comments by Smetham about each of them, and discussions of Smetham's artistic and religious life (he was a devout Methodist) and the Stoke Newington area of London where Smetham lived.

Extent:
3 Volumes
Language:
Materials in English
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Background

Biographical / historical:

James Smetham (1821-1899) was an English artist, engraver, essayist, and poet associated with Dante Gabriel Rossetti, John Ruskin, and the pre-Raphaelite movement.

Scope and content:

The collection is three volumes of typed extracts from James Smetham's diaries and correspondence, with biographical information, annotations, and other related material by Smetham's wife, Sarah Goble Smetham (1828-1912); Morchard Bishop; and Geoffery Grigan. Included are transcriptions of letters to and from Dante Gabriel Rossetti and John Ruskin with comments by Smetham about each of them, and discussions of Smetham's artistic and religious life (he was a devout Methodist) and the Stoke Newington area of London where Smetham lived.

Acquisition information:

Sarah Smetham wrote these "Memoirs" of her husband James for their children in 1899. A copy came into the hands of Denis Smetham, grandson of the artist, who gave Morchard Bishop permission to transcribe and edit the volume for publication by Eric and Joan Stevens, London. Denis Smetham died before publication and his heirs withdrew permission to publish and took back the manuscript. Eric and Joan Stevens sold the annotated typescript, carbon typescript, and Morchard Bishop's introductory material to the University of North Carolina Library in 1976.

Processing information:

Processed by: Suzanne Ruffing, May 1996

Encoded by: ByteManagers Inc., 2008

This collection was processed with support from the Randleigh Foundation Trust.

Sensitive materials statement:

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Access and use

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RESTRICTED: Publication of material from the memoir is prohibited.

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Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], in the James Smetham Papers #11016, Rare Book Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Location of this collection:
Louis Round Wilson Library
200 South Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27515
Contact:
(919) 962-3765
wilsonlibrary@unc.edu