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Repository: Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
Location: b
Call No.: MS Eng 1256
Creator: Porter, Robert Ker, Sir, 1777-1842.
Title: Papers,
Date(s): 1805-1849.
Quantity: 3 boxes (1.5 linear ft.)
Abstract: Primarily letters of English painter and traveler Sir Robert Ker Porter to his mother and his sister, the novelist Jane Porter.

Acquisition Information:

Historical Note

Sir Robert Ker Porter was an English painter and traveler.

Arrangement

• I. Letters by Sir Robert Ker Porter
• II. Other letters
• III. Manuscripts

Scope and Content

Contains correspondence, mostly letters by Porter in St. Petersburg, Russia, to his mother and sister, novelist Jane Porter. Also journals, 1805-1808, kept by Porter in Russia, and a notebook with sketches, accounts and notes taken during a trip to Russia and Sweden.

Container List

• Series: I. Letters by Sir Robert Ker Porter
  • (1) Porter, Sir Robert Ker, 1777-1842. A.L.s. to Charles Blick; St. Petersburg, 14 Apr 1842. 1s.(4p.)
  • (2) Porter, Sir Robert Ker, 1777-1842. A.L.s. to [Mrs.] Boscowan; St. Petersburg, 27 Oct 1807. 1s.(2p.)
  • (3) Porter, Sir Robert Ker, 1777-1842. A.L.s. to Henry Cayley; St. Petersburg, 13 Feb 1817. 1s.(3p.)
  • (4) Porter, Sir Robert Ker, 1777-1842. A.L.s. to Sir Henry Augustus Montagu Cosby; St. Petersburg, 24 Jul 1814. 1s.(3p.)
  • (5) Porter, Sir Robert Ker, 1777-1842. A.L.s. to Sir Gore Danly; [n.p.] 18 Jun 1823. 1s.(3p.)
  • (6) Porter, Sir Robert Ker, 1777-1842. A.L.s. to James Durnford; St. Petersburg, 10 Mar 1817. 1s.(2p.)
  • (7) Porter, Sir Robert Ker, 1777-1842. A.L.s. to [ ] Ketsal; St. Petersburg, 21 Aug 1807. 1s.(4p.)
  • Porter, Sir Robert Ker, 1777-1842. 2 A.L.s. to Muhammad Saulih:
    • (8) St. Petersburg, 12/20 Mar 1823. 1s.(2p.)
    • (9) [St. Petersburg,] 1/13 Aug 1823. 1s.(3p.)
  • (10-25) Porter, Sir Robert Ker, 1777-1842. 16 A.L.s. to Anna Maria Porter; 1805-1824 & [n.d.].
  • (26-140) Porter, Sir Robert Ker, 1777-1842. 115 A.L.s. to Jane Porter; 1805-1824 & [n.d.] No. 113 lacks beginning; no. 120 lacks end.
  • (141-245) Porter, Sir Robert Ker, 1777-1842. 105 A.L.s. to Jane (Blenkinsop) Porter; 1805-1825.
  • (246) Porter, Sir Robert Ker, 1777-1842. A.L.s. to [Lady ] Sulivan; St. Petersburg, 27 Feb 1817. 1s.(3p.)
  • (247) Porter, Sir Robert Ker, 1777-1842. A.L.s. to Edward Taylor; St. Petersburg, 24 Oct 1811. 1s.(2p.)
  • (248) Porter, Sir Robert Ker, 1777-1842. A.L.s. to [ ]; St. Petersburg, 25 Jun 1816. 1s.(2p.) env.

• Series: II. Other letters
  • (249) Porter, Lady Mary (von Scherbatoff) d. 1826. A.L.s. to Jane Porter; [n.p.] 14 Oct 1805. 1s.(1p.)
  • (250-251) Porter, Lady Mary (von Scherbatoff) 2 A.L.s. to Jane (Blenkinsop) Porter; 1805 & [n.d.].
  • (252) Porter, Lady Mary (von Scherbatoff) A.L.s. to Sir Robert Ker Porter; [n.p., n.d.]. 1s.(1p.)
  • (253) miscellaneous; 1 folder.
  • (254-256) Krasiński, Henryk, hrabia, d. 1876. 3 A.L.s. to Jane Porter; 1839-1846. No. 256 includes a printed advertisement for Gonta.
  • (257-275) Krasiński, Walerjan, hrabia, 1780-1855. 19 A.L.s. to Jane Porter; 1834-1849.
  • (276) Krasiński, Walerjan, hrabia, 1780-1855. A.L.s. to William Ogilvie Porter; London, 8 Aug 1846. 1s.(2p.) env.

• Series: III. Manuscripts
  • (277) Porter, Sir Robert Ker, 1777-1842. A.MS.s. journal; [v.p.] Sep 1805- Mar 1806. 91f.(182p.)
    1v. Partially publ. as Travelling sketches in Russia and Sweden.
  • (278) Porter, Sir Robert Ker, 1777-1842. A.MS.s. journal; [v.p.] Apr 1806-Dec 1807. 95f.(174p.)
    1v. Partially publ. as Travelling sketches in Russia and Sweden.
  • (279) Porter, Sir Robert Ker, 1777-1842. A.MS.s. journal; [v.p.] Apr-Jul 1806-1808. 129s.(249p.)
    1v. Partially publ. as Travelling sketches in Russia and Sweden.
  • (280) Porter, Sir Robert Ker, 1777-1842. A.MS. notebook; [v.p., 1805-1808]. 48f.(36p.)
    1v. Sketches, accounts and notes made during a trip to Russia and Sweden.
  • (281) Porter, Sir Robert Ker, 1777-1842. Sketches and notes removed from no. 277 of this series; 1 folder.
  • (282) Porter, Sir Robert Ker, 1777-1842. Notes and sketches removed from no. 280 of this series; 1 folder.