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- 1889-1953. (Creation)
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80 ff. Guarded and filed at NLW.
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Fifty-eight letters and cards, 1889-1953, fifty-five of which, 1889-1948, were sent to Sir W. Goscombe John from various correspondents including sculptors, artists, statesmen and politicians, relating mainly to his career as a sculptor and to honours bestowed on him.
The correspondents include H. H. Asquith, 1910 (ff. 4-5), Lilian Baylis, 1929 (ff. 7-8), James Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury, 1912-1913 (ff. 12-14), George Clausen, 1898-1899 (ff. 15-18), Robert Windsor-Clive, 1st Earl of Plymouth, 1912 (ff. 19-20), Sir Cyril Fox, 1940-1948 (ff. 34-35), George Frampton, 1907 (f. 36), David Lloyd George, 1910 (ff. 39-40, 42), Alfred Gilbert, 1899 (ff. 43-44), Edmund Gosse, 1899, 1919 (ff. 45-48), Augustus John, 1928 (f. 49), Edward Burne-Jones, [1889], [?1893] (ff. 53-55), Sir Lewis Morris, 1899 (ff. 58-59), Sir Edward J. Poynter, 1917 (f. 63), Auguste Rodin, [1902] (f. 66), John Singer Sargent, [?1907] (f. 70), John Crichton-Stuart, 4th Marquis of Bute, 1937 (ff. 75-76), and Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1890-1911 (ff. 77-80). Also included is a note in the hand of King George V, 1911 (f. 38), copy letters from Goscombe John to David Lloyd George, 1910 (f. 41), and Queen Mary, 1932 (f. 57), and one letter, 1953, to his daughter, Mrs Muriel Fildes, from D. Dilwyn John of the National Museum of Wales (f. 50).
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Arranged alphabetically by correspondent at NLW.
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A letter of condolence to his daughter postdates his death.
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 23749E.
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- John, William Goscombe, Sir, 1860-1952 -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- Asquith, H. H. (Herbert Henry), 1852-1928. (Subject)
- Baylis, Lilian, 1874-1937. (Subject)
- Salisbury, James Edward Hubert Gascoyne-Cecil, Marquess of, 1861-1947. (Subject)
- Clausen, George, 1852-1944. (Subject)
- Plymouth, Robert George Windsor-Clive, Earl of, 1857-1923. (Subject)
- Fox, Cyril, Sir, 1882-1967. (Subject)
- George V, King of Great Britain, 1865-1936. (Subject)
- Lloyd George, David, 1863-1945 (Subject)
- Gilbert, Alfred, 1854-1934. (Subject)
- Gosse, Edmund, 1849-1928. (Subject)
- John, Augustus, 1878-1961 (Subject)
- Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, Sir, 1833-1898 (Subject)
- Morris, Lewis, 1833-1907 (Subject)
- Poynter, Edward John, Sir, bart., 1836-1919. (Subject)
- Rodin, Auguste, 1840-1917. (Subject)
- Bute, John Crichton-Stuart, Marquess of, 1881-1947. (Subject)
- Alma-Tadema, Lawrence, Sir, 1836-1912. (Subject)
- Mary, Queen, consort of George V, King of Great Britain, 1867-1953. (Subject)
- John, D. Dilwyn (David Dilwyn), 1901-1995. (Subject)
- Fildes, Muriel Goscombe, 1892-1955. (Subject)
- Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925. (Subject)