RA Collection: People and Organisations
American short-story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. He is best known for his short stories “Rip Van Winkle” (1819) and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” (1820), both of which appear in his collection The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. (1819-20). His historical works include biographies of Oliver Goldsmith, Muhammad and George Washington, as well as several histories of 15th-century Spain that deal with subjects such as Alhambra, Christopher Columbus and the Moors. Irving served as American ambassador to Spain in the 1840s.
Born: 13 April 1789 in Manhattan
Died: 28 November 1859
Gender: Male
Washington Irving
Wives by Washington Irving : the henpecked man by Sir Richard Steele / pictures by Cecil Aldin. - London: [1909]
08/2973
Washington Irving
Rip van winkle : and the legend of sleepy hollow / by Washington Irving ; with fifty-three illustrations by George H. Boughton, A.R.A - London ; New York: 1893
07/3765
Washington Irving
Alhambra Tales / edited by P. H. Muir and with drawings by Robin Jacques - London: 1946
10/48
Washington Irving
Old Christmas / from the sketch book of Washington Irving ; illustrated by R. Caldecott. - London: 1876
07/3767
[copy] Lawrence, Russell Square, to Mrs. Hayman
4 Jan 1830
Item LAW/9/49
Washington Irving, 38 Harley Street, to Mr. Bandinel
3 Feb [1846]
Item LAW/5/458
Washington Irving, Legation of the United States, 9 Chandos St., Cavendish Sq., to [Keightley]
16 Jan 1830
Item LAW/5/454
Thos. Lawrence, Russell Square, to David Wilkie, Madrid
10 Jan 1828
Item LAW/5/186