Letters to Constantine Alexander Ionides and family
Overview
Late 19th-century letters from various correspondents to English art patron and collector, Constantine Alexander Ionides.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1880-1907 and undated
Creator
- Ionides, Constantine Alexander, 1833-1900 (addressee., Person)
Language of Materials
English and French
Physical Description
GEN
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research.
Extent
.08 linear feet (1 volume)Collection is comprised of letters from eight correspondents to Constantine Alexander Ionides and a daughter (presumably), with one photograph and three sketches from John Macallan Swan; letters largely concern painting and related endeavors.
Biographical / Historical
Constantine Alexander Ionides, born in England in 1833, was a commodity trader in his father's firm; subsequently a London stock exchange trader with Clapham Bros. and later with his own firm; and an art patron and collector.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2019M-56. Purchased from Trevanion & Dean Auction with funds from the Hellenic Women's Book Club (EOK) Greek Book Fund and the Katherine B. Loker Fund for Widener Library, 2018 November.
Processing Information
Processed by Melanie Wisner, 2019.
Creator
- Ionides, Constantine Alexander, 1833-1900 (addressee., Person)
- Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833-1898 (Correspondent, Person)
- Burne-Jones, Georgiana, Lady, 1840-1920 (Correspondent, Person)
- Rossetti, William Michael, 1829-1919 (Correspondent, Person)
- Watts, George Frederick, 1817-1904 (Correspondent, Person)
- Swan, John M. (John Macallan), 1847-1910 (Correspondent, Person)
- Lhermitte, Léon Augustin, 1844-1925 (Correspondent, Person)
- Strang, William, 1859-1921 (Correspondent, Person)
- Watts, Mary S. (Correspondent, Person)
- Title
- Letters to Constantine Alexander Ionides and family, circa 1880-1907 (MS Eng 1861): Guide
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard University
- Date
- 2019 January 26
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou03086
Repository Details
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