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“Lady Burton” by Raymond Blathwayt, Bookman, May 1896. An interview conducted some months before her death and published just after it. Illustrated with portraits of Burton and Lady Burton, and a picture of Burton’s mausoleum.

The Richard Burton correspondence consists of a series of letters to Alexander George Ellis at the British Museum mainly concerning bibliographical enquiries. Each of these letters has been transcribed by Mary S Lovell

There are three letters from Isabel Burton: two are to Mr Cotton regarding publications and the third is a printed letter to ask for a review notice of her Richard Burton biography.

Lady Burton’s Gift to the Nation by Mary S Lovell. “To accompany the exhibition of that name at Orleans House Gallery 27 June – 9 August 1998.” Orleans House Gallery 1998. Paper bound booklet with portraits of Richard and Isabel Burton at the time of their marriage, 1861, on the front cover reproduced from gouache portraits by Louis Desanges and a photograph of Isabel and Richard Burton in their garden, Trieste c. 1890 from Isabel Burton's photograph album.

Letter from Isabel Burton to Mr Cotton concerning editorial notes. Handwritten, dated 18 February 1886.

Prospectus for Isabel Burton’s “Memorial Edition” of her husband’s works, April 1893. Single printed sheet.

These are a mixed series of material about Richard and Isabel Burton, most of which were with the Burton Collection on acquisition. Some are associated by their use of the material for further research