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              RICHARD AND WILLIAM WESTALL PAPERS
1805 - 1836
FINDING AID
The Huntington Library
Gayle M. Richardson
January 18, 2002
©The Huntington LibraryRichard and William Westall Papers -- Finding Aid -- page 2
Administrative Information
The correspondence and ephemera in this collection were acquired from Cesi Kellinger on February 1, 1984 (acquisition number 1088).
The manuscript volume was donated by Mr. Edwards H. Metcalf on June 15, 1992 (acquisition number 1638).
The collection has been fully processed and is available for research.
The collection numbers 39 cataloged items, plus ephemera.
Call numbers: HM 54281-54318, 63286
Cataloging Decisions
1. The cataloging of this collection was begun by Sara S. Hodson in 1984 and completed by Gayle M. Barkley in 2002. It was decided not to replace the blue colored folders in order to render the names in standard authorized form; however, the names have been rendered consistently in this finding aid according to current standard authorized forms.
Biographical Note
Richard Westall was born in Hertford in 1765 and, while living in London, worked as an apprentice to an heraldic engraver; in the evenings he studied art and was able to exhibit a portrait-drawing at the Royal Academy in 1784. He continued to paint, both in watercolor and oils, but his main occupation was as a prolific illustrator of books. When his large historical oil paintings did not sell he abandoned the medium and concentrated on book illustrating and painting watercolors, which, according to the Dictionary of National Biography, was his best medium. Toward the end of his life he was an instructor of painting and drawing to the Princess Victoria. Richard Westall never married and lived most of his life in London; he died there on Dec. 4, 1836.
William Westall was born in Hertford in 1781 and was the younger brother of Richard Westall. He was taught drawing by his brother and in 1801, at the age of eighteen, began a series of voyages throughout Australia, China, India, Madeira, and Jamaica. When he returned to England in 1807 he began to paint pictures from the drawings he made on his journeys. These paintings were only moderately successful and he eventually began to gain employment as an illustrator of topographical works for various publishers; though he continued to paint and exhibit at the Royal Academy, he became best known for his topographical illustrations. He married Ann Sedgwick in 1820 and moved to St. John’s Wood where he lived for most of the remainder of his life and where he died in 1850.Richard and William Westall Papers -- Finding Aid -- page 3
Scope and Content Note
The papers consist of 38 letters, one bound manuscript volume, and one folder of ephemera. The letters are mainly addressed to William Westall by various addressees and a few letters written by Richard Westall. The manuscript volume is Westall’s Illustrations of Bryon’s Works, with Suitable Extras, and a Brief Memoir and the ephemera consists of various print and photographic reproductions of the Westalls’ paintings and illustrations.
Container List
Manuscript Volume
Westall, Richard, 1765-1836. Westall’s Illustrations of Byron’s Works, with Suitable Extras, and a Brief Memoir (1834). Bound volume, 31 pages (with 28 blank pages interleaved between the illustrative plates); the printed illustrative plates were drawn by Richard Westall and engraved by various artists. The “brief memoir” of Bryon and the “suitable extras” (short extracts from various poems by Bryon) are written in an unknown hand and signed with the initials: “MM” and dated, 1834. The volume also has the bookplate of Henry Ecroyd Smith on the inside front cover. HM 63286.
Correspondence
Beaumont, Margaret Willes, fl. 1778. 2 letters (1820) to William Westall, 1781-1850. HM 54281-54282.
Black, Susan. 1 letter (1810, Aug. 21) to William Westall, 1781-1850, A.L.S. (2 p.); 23 cm. HM 54283.
Carr, John, Sir, 1772-1832. 1 letter (1819, Nov. 15) to William Westall, 1781-1850, A.L.S. (3 p.); [London] (England). HM 54284.
Colnaghi, M----. 1 document (1829, Nov. 14), Statement of account for Richard Westall, D. (1 p.); 25 cm., London (England). HM 54285.
Cooke, William Bernard, 1778-1855. 1 letter (1811, Dec. 30) to William Westall, 1781-1850, A.L.S. (3 p.); 23 cm. HM 54286. Note: with multiple paint trials on the fourth page.
Davies, William. 1 document (1826, July 5), [List of pictures returned to Richard? Westall], D.S. (2 p.); 36 cm. HM 54287.
Gordon, Webster. 1 letter (1805, Sep. 19) to [Richard?] Westall, 1765-1836, A.L. (2 p.); 25 cm. HM 54288. Note: half of second leaf torn away, with no loss of text.
Inman, James Williams, 1776-1859. 1 letter (1811, Aug. 9) to M---- Parrington, A.L.S. (2 p.); 20 cm. HM 54289.
Lane, Charles. 1 letter (1812, June 21) to William Westall, 1781-1850, A.L.S. (4 p.); 23 cm., Arundel (Sussex, England). HM 54290.Richard and William Westall Papers -- Finding Aid -- page 4
Page, R----. 1 letter (1806, Jan. 24) to [William?] Westall, 1781-1850, A.L.S. (1 p.); 25 cm. HM 54291.
Singer, William. 1 letter (1830, Aug. 25) to William Westall, 1781-1850, A.L.S. (3 p.); 25 cm., St. Bees (Cumberland, England). HM 54292.
Stevens, W----. 18 letters (1812-1819) to William Westall, 1781-1850; Sedbergh (Westmoreland, England). HM 54293 - 54310. Note: HM 54305 has bottom of second sheet torn away, with loss of most of signature and of some text, with paint trials on the fourth page; HM 54306 has bottom of second leaf torn away, with loss of text and signature; HM 54308 has portions of both leaves torn away, with loss of text and of signature.
Westall, Richard, 1765-1836. 1 letter (1829, Mar. 28) to M---- Colnaghi, A.L.S. (1 p.); 23 cm., London (England). HM 54311. Also: account of prints received by M----Colnaghi.
Westall, Richard, 1765-1836. 1 letter ([c. 1828-1829?]) to Nathaniel Ogle, A.L.S. (2 p.); 22 cm., [London (England)]. HM 54312.
Westall, Richard, 1765-1836. 1 letter (1830, May 3) to John Raston?, A.L.S. (1 p.); 23 cm., [London (England)]. HM 54313.
Westall, Richard, 1765-1836. 2 letters (1820) to William Westall, 1781-1850, London (England). HM 54314-54315. Note: HM 54314 has part of second leaf torn away, with some loss of text.
Westall, Richard, 1765-1836. 1 letter (1811, Dec. 22) to “My Dear Sir,” A.L.S. (2 p.); 18 cm. HM 54316.
[Westall, Richard, 1765-1836.] 1 letter ([ca. 1836?]) to -----, Df. (2 p.); 23 cm. HM 54317.
Tilton?, Charles. 1 letter (1830, Mar. 24) to William Westall, 1781-1850, A.L.S. (3 p.); 23 cm. HM 54318.
Ephemera
Westall, Richard, 1765-1836 and Westall, William, 1781-1850. Printed pieces and photograph reproductions of various paintings and topographical illustrations by the Westalls; includes some catalog descriptions (18 pieces).
Indexing: Subjects
Westall, Richard, 1765-1836. In M---- Colnaghi, Statement of account for Richard Westall, (1829, Nov. 14), London (England). HM 54285.
Westall, Richard, 1765-1836. In William Davies, [List of pictures returned to Richard? Westall], (1826, July 5). HM 54287.
Westall, William, 1781-1850. In James Williams Inman, 1776-1859, letter to M---- Parrington, (1811, Aug. 9). HM 54289.Richard and William Westall Papers -- Finding Aid -- page 5
Indexing: Added Entries
Drawings. In William Singer, letter to William Westall, 1781-1850, (1830, Aug. 25), St. Bees (Cumberland, England). HM 64292.
Westall, Richard, 1765-1836. Addressee for Webster Gordon, (1805, Sep. 19). HM 54288.
Westall, William, 1781-1850. Addressee for Margaret Willes Beaumont, fl. 1778, (1820). HM 54281-54282.
Westall, William, 1781-1850. Addressee for Sarah Black (1810, Aug. 21). HM 54283.
Westall, William, 1781-1850. Addressee for Sir John Carr, 1772-1832, (1819, Nov. 15), [London (England)]. HM 54284.
Westall, William, 1781-1850. Addressee for William Bernard Cooke, 1778-1855, (1811, Dec. 30). HM 54286.
Westall, William, 1781-1850. Addressee for Charles Lane, (1812, June 21), Arundel (Sussex, England). HM 54290.
Westall, William, 1781-1850. Addressee for R---- Page, (1806, Jan. 24). HM 54291.
Westall, William, 1781-1850. Addressee for William Singer, (1830, Aug. 25), St. Bees (Cumberland, England). HM 54292.
Westall, William, 1781-1850. Addressee for W---- Stevens, (1812 - 1819), Sedbergh (Westmoreland, England). HM 54293-54310.
Westall, William, 1781-1850. Addressee for Richard Westall, 1765-1836, (1820), London (England). HM 54314-54315.
Westall, William, 1781-1850. Addressee for Charles Tilton?, (1830, Mar. 24). HM 54318.
Indexing: Form and Genre Terms
Correspondence
Drawings
Engravings
Ephemera
Manuscripts for publication
Poems
Bibliography
Dictionary of National Biography, vol. XX, Oxford University Press, 1921-1922 (p. 1258 - 1261).

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Title	Finding aid for Papers of Richard and William Westall, 1805-1836.
Creator	Westall, William, 1781-1850.
Extent	39 letters and one manuscript volume, also a folder of ephemera.
Biographical Note	William Westall, a British illustrator of topographical works; younger brother of Richard Westall, painter and book illustrator; instructor of painting and drawing to the Princess Victoria.
Scope and Content	The collection of correspondence, documents, engravings, and ephemera of the Westall brothers assembled at the Huntington Library. Included are the correspondence of William and Richard Westall, a bound volume of Richard Westall's illustrations, and printed pieces and photograph reproductions of various and paintings and illustrations. The incoming correspondence of William Westall includes letters from Sir John Carr, William Bernard Cooke, and others. 18 letters are signed "W. Stevens, Sedbergh, Westmoreland, England." There are six letters by Richard Westwall, written between 1811 and 1836, including two letters addressed to his brother. Also included is a statement of account for Richard Westall (1829). Also included is a letter by James William Inman to a "M. Parrington." (1811). Also included is the bound manuscript volume titled "Westall's illustration of Byron's Works, with Suitable Extras, and a Brief Memoir." 31 printed illustrative plates were drawn by Richard Westall and engraved by various artists. The brief memoir of Byron and suitable extras (short extracts from various poems by Byron), were written in an unknown hand and signed with the initials: MM, 1834. The volume bears the bookplate of Henry Ecroyd Smith, on inside front cover.
Notes	All inquiries about this collection should be directed to the Curator, Literary Manuscripts.
Date	1805-1836.
Provenance	Correspondence and ephemera was purchased from Cesi Kellinger, February 1, 1984 and the volume was donated by Mr. Edwards H. Metcalf, June 15, 1992 (manuscript volume).
Subject	Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824. Works. Westall, Richard, 1765-1836 -- Archives. Westall, William, 1781-1850 -- Archives. Artists -- Great Britain -- Correspondence.
Form/Genre	Book illustrations Great Britain 19th century. (aat) Drawings Great Britain 19th century. (aat) Engravings Great Britain 19th century. (aat) Ephemera. (aat) Letters (correspondence) Great Britain 19th century. (aat) Manuscripts Great Britain 19th century. (aat)
Contributors	Carr, John, Sir, 1772-1832. Cooke, William Bernard, 1778-1855. Inman, James, 1776-1859. Westall, Richard, 1765-1836, correspondent.
Department	Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. Manuscripts Department.
Call Number	mssHM 54281-54318, HM 63286
Accession Number	mss 01088 and mss 01638.
Physical Collection	Richard and William Westall Papers.
Digital Collection	Finding Aids, Huntington Digital Library
Physical Description	5 p.
Digitization Specifications	Original finding aid converted into PDF document by B. Black, 2011-12-23.
Date Digital	2011-12-23.
DCMI Type	text
Digital Format	pdf
Original Finding Aid	Finding aid prepared by Gayle M. Richardson, January 18, 2002.
Citation Information	Finding aid for Richard and William Westall Papers, Huntington Digital Library, San Marino, California.
Restrictions	Images in this collection are for scholarly research; please review the Huntington Library's copyright information: http://cdm16003.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/about. For purchasing images for publication please review our permission to publish policy: http://www.huntington.org/huntingtonlibrary.aspx?id=590.
Cataloging Notes	Arranged alphabetically by author.
Full Text	RICHARD AND WILLIAM WESTALL PAPERS 1805 - 1836 FINDING AID The Huntington Library Gayle M. Richardson January 18, 2002 ©The Huntington LibraryRichard and William Westall Papers -- Finding Aid -- page 2 Administrative Information The correspondence and ephemera in this collection were acquired from Cesi Kellinger on February 1, 1984 (acquisition number 1088). The manuscript volume was donated by Mr. Edwards H. Metcalf on June 15, 1992 (acquisition number 1638). The collection has been fully processed and is available for research. The collection numbers 39 cataloged items, plus ephemera. Call numbers: HM 54281-54318, 63286 Cataloging Decisions 1. The cataloging of this collection was begun by Sara S. Hodson in 1984 and completed by Gayle M. Barkley in 2002. It was decided not to replace the blue colored folders in order to render the names in standard authorized form; however, the names have been rendered consistently in this finding aid according to current standard authorized forms. Biographical Note Richard Westall was born in Hertford in 1765 and, while living in London, worked as an apprentice to an heraldic engraver; in the evenings he studied art and was able to exhibit a portrait-drawing at the Royal Academy in 1784. He continued to paint, both in watercolor and oils, but his main occupation was as a prolific illustrator of books. When his large historical oil paintings did not sell he abandoned the medium and concentrated on book illustrating and painting watercolors, which, according to the Dictionary of National Biography, was his best medium. Toward the end of his life he was an instructor of painting and drawing to the Princess Victoria. Richard Westall never married and lived most of his life in London; he died there on Dec. 4, 1836. William Westall was born in Hertford in 1781 and was the younger brother of Richard Westall. He was taught drawing by his brother and in 1801, at the age of eighteen, began a series of voyages throughout Australia, China, India, Madeira, and Jamaica. When he returned to England in 1807 he began to paint pictures from the drawings he made on his journeys. These paintings were only moderately successful and he eventually began to gain employment as an illustrator of topographical works for various publishers; though he continued to paint and exhibit at the Royal Academy, he became best known for his topographical illustrations. He married Ann Sedgwick in 1820 and moved to St. John’s Wood where he lived for most of the remainder of his life and where he died in 1850.Richard and William Westall Papers -- Finding Aid -- page 3 Scope and Content Note The papers consist of 38 letters, one bound manuscript volume, and one folder of ephemera. The letters are mainly addressed to William Westall by various addressees and a few letters written by Richard Westall. The manuscript volume is Westall’s Illustrations of Bryon’s Works, with Suitable Extras, and a Brief Memoir and the ephemera consists of various print and photographic reproductions of the Westalls’ paintings and illustrations. Container List Manuscript Volume Westall, Richard, 1765-1836. Westall’s Illustrations of Byron’s Works, with Suitable Extras, and a Brief Memoir (1834). Bound volume, 31 pages (with 28 blank pages interleaved between the illustrative plates); the printed illustrative plates were drawn by Richard Westall and engraved by various artists. The “brief memoir” of Bryon and the “suitable extras” (short extracts from various poems by Bryon) are written in an unknown hand and signed with the initials: “MM” and dated, 1834. The volume also has the bookplate of Henry Ecroyd Smith on the inside front cover. HM 63286. Correspondence Beaumont, Margaret Willes, fl. 1778. 2 letters (1820) to William Westall, 1781-1850. HM 54281-54282. Black, Susan. 1 letter (1810, Aug. 21) to William Westall, 1781-1850, A.L.S. (2 p.); 23 cm. HM 54283. Carr, John, Sir, 1772-1832. 1 letter (1819, Nov. 15) to William Westall, 1781-1850, A.L.S. (3 p.); [London] (England). HM 54284. Colnaghi, M----. 1 document (1829, Nov. 14), Statement of account for Richard Westall, D. (1 p.); 25 cm., London (England). HM 54285. Cooke, William Bernard, 1778-1855. 1 letter (1811, Dec. 30) to William Westall, 1781-1850, A.L.S. (3 p.); 23 cm. HM 54286. Note: with multiple paint trials on the fourth page. Davies, William. 1 document (1826, July 5), [List of pictures returned to Richard? Westall], D.S. (2 p.); 36 cm. HM 54287. Gordon, Webster. 1 letter (1805, Sep. 19) to [Richard?] Westall, 1765-1836, A.L. (2 p.); 25 cm. HM 54288. Note: half of second leaf torn away, with no loss of text. Inman, James Williams, 1776-1859. 1 letter (1811, Aug. 9) to M---- Parrington, A.L.S. (2 p.); 20 cm. HM 54289. Lane, Charles. 1 letter (1812, June 21) to William Westall, 1781-1850, A.L.S. (4 p.); 23 cm., Arundel (Sussex, England). HM 54290.Richard and William Westall Papers -- Finding Aid -- page 4 Page, R----. 1 letter (1806, Jan. 24) to [William?] Westall, 1781-1850, A.L.S. (1 p.); 25 cm. HM 54291. Singer, William. 1 letter (1830, Aug. 25) to William Westall, 1781-1850, A.L.S. (3 p.); 25 cm., St. Bees (Cumberland, England). HM 54292. Stevens, W----. 18 letters (1812-1819) to William Westall, 1781-1850; Sedbergh (Westmoreland, England). HM 54293 - 54310. Note: HM 54305 has bottom of second sheet torn away, with loss of most of signature and of some text, with paint trials on the fourth page; HM 54306 has bottom of second leaf torn away, with loss of text and signature; HM 54308 has portions of both leaves torn away, with loss of text and of signature. Westall, Richard, 1765-1836. 1 letter (1829, Mar. 28) to M---- Colnaghi, A.L.S. (1 p.); 23 cm., London (England). HM 54311. Also: account of prints received by M----Colnaghi. Westall, Richard, 1765-1836. 1 letter ([c. 1828-1829?]) to Nathaniel Ogle, A.L.S. (2 p.); 22 cm., [London (England)]. HM 54312. Westall, Richard, 1765-1836. 1 letter (1830, May 3) to John Raston ?, A.L.S. (1 p.); 23 cm., [London (England)]. HM 54313. Westall, Richard, 1765-1836. 2 letters (1820) to William Westall, 1781-1850, London (England). HM 54314-54315. Note: HM 54314 has part of second leaf torn away, with some loss of text. Westall, Richard, 1765-1836. 1 letter (1811, Dec. 22) to “My Dear Sir,” A.L.S. (2 p.); 18 cm. HM 54316. [Westall, Richard, 1765-1836.] 1 letter ([ca. 1836?]) to -----, Df. (2 p.); 23 cm. HM 54317. Tilton ?, Charles. 1 letter (1830, Mar. 24) to William Westall, 1781-1850, A.L.S. (3 p.); 23 cm. HM 54318. Ephemera Westall, Richard, 1765-1836 and Westall, William, 1781-1850. Printed pieces and photograph reproductions of various paintings and topographical illustrations by the Westalls; includes some catalog descriptions (18 pieces). Indexing: Subjects Westall, Richard, 1765-1836. In M---- Colnaghi, Statement of account for Richard Westall, (1829, Nov. 14), London (England). HM 54285. Westall, Richard, 1765-1836. In William Davies, [List of pictures returned to Richard? Westall], (1826, July 5). HM 54287. Westall, William, 1781-1850. In James Williams Inman, 1776-1859, letter to M---- Parrington, (1811, Aug. 9). HM 54289.Richard and William Westall Papers -- Finding Aid -- page 5 Indexing: Added Entries Drawings. In William Singer, letter to William Westall, 1781-1850, (1830, Aug. 25), St. Bees (Cumberland, England). HM 64292. Westall, Richard, 1765-1836. Addressee for Webster Gordon, (1805, Sep. 19). HM 54288. Westall, William, 1781-1850. Addressee for Margaret Willes Beaumont, fl. 1778, (1820). HM 54281-54282. Westall, William, 1781-1850. Addressee for Sarah Black (1810, Aug. 21). HM 54283. Westall, William, 1781-1850. Addressee for Sir John Carr, 1772-1832, (1819, Nov. 15), [London (England)]. HM 54284. Westall, William, 1781-1850. Addressee for William Bernard Cooke, 1778-1855, (1811, Dec. 30). HM 54286. Westall, William, 1781-1850. Addressee for Charles Lane, (1812, June 21), Arundel (Sussex, England). HM 54290. Westall, William, 1781-1850. Addressee for R---- Page, (1806, Jan. 24). HM 54291. Westall, William, 1781-1850. Addressee for William Singer, (1830, Aug. 25), St. Bees (Cumberland, England). HM 54292. Westall, William, 1781-1850. Addressee for W---- Stevens, (1812 - 1819), Sedbergh (Westmoreland, England). HM 54293-54310. Westall, William, 1781-1850. Addressee for Richard Westall, 1765-1836, (1820), London (England). HM 54314-54315. Westall, William, 1781-1850. Addressee for Charles Tilton ?, (1830, Mar. 24). HM 54318. Indexing: Form and Genre Terms Correspondence Drawings Engravings Ephemera Manuscripts for publication Poems Bibliography Dictionary of National Biography, vol. XX, Oxford University Press, 1921-1922 (p. 1258 - 1261).

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