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- 1870 (Creation)
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2 leaves
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William Collingwood Smith was a noted watercolourist, whose work was often featured in the London Illustrated News.
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GB 0096 AL519 1870 fonds 2 leaves ,
Smith, William Collingwood (1815-1887) artist
William Collingwood Smith was a noted watercolourist, whose work was often featured in the London Illustrated News.
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Found enclosed in E Erskine Scott Tables of Logarithms and Anti-Logarithms (1870) - classmark: [DeM] L.8 [Scott]
Letter from William Collingwood Smith of Wyndam Lodge, Brixton Hill, London [the printed address of the Society of Painters in Water Colours, Pall Mall East, London SW, has been struck through] to Augustus De Morgan, 8 Dec 1870. Asking him to assess the depreciation in the Society's assets.
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Typescript catalogue available in the Library's Palaeography Room.
Presumably, Miss Treadwell retained the original letters after relinquishing these copies; the current whereabouts of the original letters is unknown.
Compiled by Anya Turner. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. Aug 2008 Collingwood , William , 1819-1903 , watercolour painter Societies Finance Accounting Financial administration Valuation Society of Painters in Water Colours x Royal Watercolour Society Associations Organizations
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Found enclosed in E Erskine Scott Tables of Logarithms and Anti-Logarithms (1870) - classmark: [DeM] L.8 [Scott]
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Letter from William Collingwood Smith of Wyndam Lodge, Brixton Hill, London [the printed address of the Society of Painters in Water Colours, Pall Mall East, London SW, has been struck through] to Augustus De Morgan, 8 Dec 1870. Asking him to assess the depreciation in the Society's assets.
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See hard copy catalogue.
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Open for research. 24 hours notice is required for research visits.
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Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.
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- English
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- Latin
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English
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Typescript catalogue available in the Library's Palaeography Room.
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Presumably, Miss Treadwell retained the original letters after relinquishing these copies; the current whereabouts of the original letters is unknown.
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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