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John Keenan manuscript material : 1 item
- Title
- John Keenan manuscript material : 1 item, 1803.
- Author
- Keenan, John, active 1791-1815.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Mixed material | Permit needed | Pforz MS | Schwarzman Building - Pforzheimer Collection Room 319 |
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- Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle: Manuscripts, 1772-1925
- Description
- 1 item; cm.
- Summary
- · To William Godwin, philosopher and novelist : 1 autograph letter signed : 10 Dec 1803 : (S'ANA 0228) : [no place] : saying that John Opie has consented to allow Keenan to copy his portrait of Mary Wollstonecraft; expressing interest in painting Godwin's portrait; begins, "After waiting on Mr. Opie & Mr. Northcote I am enabled to say that the first gentleman assented heartily to my making a Copy from the picture he painted." Published as SC 54 in Shelley and his Circle v. I, p. 323. Presented as a gift to the Pforzheimer Library in April of 1956 by Lord Abinger.
- Subjects
- Access (note)
- Restricted access;
- Biography (note)
- John Keenan, Irish portrait painter. A pupil of Robert Home in Dublin, he came to England about 1790. Between 1791 and 1815 he exhibited over sixty paintings at the Royal Academy, including portraits of Robert Southey and Shelley's friend Dr. James Lind. Keenan returned to Ireland in about 1817.
- Call Number
- Pforz MS
- OCLC
- 506410356
- Author
- Keenan, John, active 1791-1815.
- Title
- John Keenan manuscript material : 1 item, 1803.
- Access
- Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
- Biography
- John Keenan, Irish portrait painter. A pupil of Robert Home in Dublin, he came to England about 1790. Between 1791 and 1815 he exhibited over sixty paintings at the Royal Academy, including portraits of Robert Southey and Shelley's friend Dr. James Lind. Keenan returned to Ireland in about 1817.
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- Added Author
- Godwin, William, 1756-1836. AddresseeAbinger, James Richard Scarlett, Baron, 1914-2002. Former owner
- Found In:
- Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle: Manuscripts, 1772-1925
- Research Call Number
- Pforz MS