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Detail View: The John Rylands Library: Letter from Enriqueta Rylands to William Linnell

Image Number: 
JRL060189dc
Reference Number: 
JRL/4/1/3/1
Image Title: 
Letter from Enriqueta Rylands to William Linnell
Creator: 
Rylands, Enriqueta
Creator Role: 
Author
Date Created: 
1894-05-07
Page/Sheet: 
1
Image Sequence Number: 
001
Description: 
Letter from Mrs Rylands to Mr William Linnell regarding a proposed visit by Queen Victoria to Manchester. Mrs Rylands offers to decorate the porch of the new library and suggests he might like to build a platform affording a good view of the procession along Deansgate. William Linnell was a senior director of Rylands & Sons. He advised Mrs Rylands during the building of the John Rylands Library and was a trustee from 1899 until his death in 1901.
Language Code: 
eng-GB
Language: 
English
Subject: 
Library buildings
Subject: 
John Rylands Library
Category of Material: 
Archives
Sub-Category: 
Correspondence
Technique Used: 
Handwriting
Support: 
Paper
Creation Site: 
Switzerland: Lugano
Time Period Covered: 
19th Century CE
Places Covered: 
England: Greater Manchester: Manchester
People Covered: 
Linnell, William, 1837-1901
Item Height: 
204 mm
Item Width: 
134 mm
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance: 
Private papers
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights: 
Creative Commons License
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 
2005-12-08
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by Gten
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2006-02
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB
Collection Code: 
JRL