Manuscripts Department
           Library of the University of North Carolina
                         at Chapel Hill

                GENERAL AND LITERARY MANUSCRIPTS

                            #11017-z
                   ELIZABETH EASTLAKE LETTERS
                            Inventory

Abstract:      Lady Elizabeth Rigby Eastlake was an English
           essayist and translator, who published "Five Great
           Painters" (1883) and other works.  Her husband was Sir
           Charles Lock Eastlake (1793-1865), director of the
           National Gallery, 1855-1865.
               Frequent brief, personal letters, primarily 1867
           and 1868, from Elizabeth Eastlake to Sir William
           Boxall concerning the internment of and monument to
           her husband; disposition of his library and private
           art collection, some of which went to the National
           Gallery; a handwritten guide to the National Gallery
           by Elizabeth Eastlake that an employee of Boxall's was
           transcribing; other writings by Lady Eastlake; and
           mutual friends and happenings in the art world,
           especially affairs at the National Gallery.

Online Catalog Terms:
   Artists--England--Social life and customs--19th century.
   Art museums--England--History--19th century.
   Boxall, William, Sir, 1800-1879.
   Eastlake, Charles Lock, Sir, 1793-1865.
   Eastlake, Elizabeth Rigby, Lady, 1809-1893.
   Eastlake, Elizabeth Rigby, Lady, 1809-1893. Five great
       painters.
   Great Britain. National Gallery.

Size:  About 45 items (2 folders).

Provenance:    Purchased from Blackwell's in Oxford, England, in
               February 1976.

Access:        No restrictions.

Processing Note:   This collection was processed with support 
                   from the Randleigh Foundation Trust.  

Copyright:     Retained by the authors of items in these papers,
               or their descendants, as stipulated by United
               States copyright law.