The Sampson Low Collection

Sampson Low (1797-1886) was a Victorian bookseller and publisher whose clients included many notable figures of the nineteenth century from Britain, North America and Europe. The Sampson Low Collection comprises two volumes of over 200 letters written by clients and friends, the majority to Sampson Low himself. The letters have been digitised and transcribed and made available online for the first time.

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preview image personJohn Stuart MillJohn Stuart Mill was an English utilitarian philosopher, political economist and Liberal...
preview image personJohn Everett MillaisJohn Everett Millais was an English artist and co-founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Some...
preview image personJohn Lothrop MotleyJohn Lothrop Motley was an American author and diplomat. He served as US Minister to Austria from...
preview image personJohn Henry NewmanJohn Henry Newman was an English Cardinal deacon. Originally an Anglican priest, he converted to...
preview image personJohn PhilippartJohn Philippart was a British military writer and editor. He became a clerk in the War Office in...
preview image personJohn Russell 1st Earl RussellLord John Russell was a British Whig and later Liberal politician. He served two terms as Prime...
preview image personJohn TennielJohn Tenniel was an English illustrator and caricaturist. He was principal political cartoonist for...
preview image personJoseph BosworthJoseph Bosworth was a Buckinghamshire vicar who had an interest in European languages. His best...
preview image personJoseph PayneJoseph Payne was an English educationalist and reformer who believed education could transform...
preview image personJoseph SturgeJoseph and Hannah Sturge (née Dickinson) were English Quakers and abolitionists. They married in...
preview image personJosiah ConderJosiah Conder was editor of the British literary magazine 'The Eclectic Review' and the...
preview image personJosiah Gilbert HollandJosiah Gilbert Holland was an American novelist and poet. He also co-founded and edited Scribners...
preview image personJulia PardoeJulia Pardoe was an English poet, novelist, historian and traveller. Her writings covered many...
preview image personBaron Julius von dem KnesebeckMajor Baron Julius Friedrich von dem Knesebeck was principal Equerry to Prince Adolphus, the Duke...
preview image imageLamb's Conduit StreetThis photograph shows 42 Lamb's Conduit Street, Camden, the building that was Sampson Low's...
preview image personLeonhard SchmitzLeonhard Schmitz was a Prussian-born author, educator and clergyman. He first moved to England in...
preview image letterLetter attributed to Walter ScottThis is a facsimile of a letter purpurted to have been written by Walter Scott to the English poet...
preview image letterLetter from Albert Richard SmithAlbert Smith informs the recipient that he will visit the following day unless the recipient is...
preview image letterLetter from Alfred Edward ChalonThis letter from Alfred Edward Chalon to Sampson Low is written to accompany a portrait of the...
preview image letterLetter from Alfred, Lord TennysonLord Tennyson's undated letter addressed to Sampson Low, Son & Co refers to an enclosed copy of...