COLLECTION NAME:
The John Rylands Library
Record
Image Number:
JRL060190dc
Reference Number:
JRL/4/1/3/1
Image Title:
Letter from Enriqueta Rylands to William Linnell
Date Created:
1894-05-07
Page/Sheet:
2-3
Image Sequence Number:
002
Description:
Letter from Mrs Rylands to Mr William Linnell regarding a proposed visit by Queen Victoria to Manchester. Mrs Rylands offers to decorate the porch of the new library and suggests he might like to build a platform affording a good view of the procession along Deansgate. William Linnell was a senior director of Rylands & Sons. He advised Mrs Rylands during the building of the John Rylands Library and was a trustee from 1899 until his death in 1901.
Language Code:
eng-GB
Subject:
Library buildings
Subject:
John Rylands Library
Category of Material:
Archives
Sub-Category:
Correspondence
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Support:
Paper
Creation Site:
Switzerland: Lugano
Time Period Covered:
19th Century CE
Places Covered:
England: Greater Manchester: Manchester
People Covered:
Linnell, William, 1837-1901
Item Height:
204 mm
Item Width:
268 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Private papers
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2005-12-08
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Gten
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2006-02
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Letter from Enriqueta Rylands to William Linnell
