Letter from Hugh Welch Diamond
Reference code
SAL/01/02/36/05
Title
Letter from Hugh Welch Diamond
Level of description
item
Scope and content
Presenting some early mezzotint prints to the Society.
Mentioned in the minutes for 18th Feb 1836: https://collections.sal.org.uk/sal.02.037.012
While no description of the specific mezzotints exhibited is given, a large number of early mezzotints from Hugh Diamond’s personal collection were purchased by the British Museum in 1838: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG68424
Specific items from his collection: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/search?agent=Hugh+Welch+Diamond&technique=mezzotint&view=grid&sort=object_name__asc&page=1
Mentioned in the minutes for 18th Feb 1836: https://collections.sal.org.uk/sal.02.037.012
While no description of the specific mezzotints exhibited is given, a large number of early mezzotints from Hugh Diamond’s personal collection were purchased by the British Museum in 1838: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG68424
Specific items from his collection: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/search?agent=Hugh+Welch+Diamond&technique=mezzotint&view=grid&sort=object_name__asc&page=1
Creator
Diamond, Hugh Welch (1803-1886), physician, photographer, antiquarian and collector