Leslie, Bradford, 1831–1926, Letter to George Dunlop Leslie, circa 1845-1852
- Call Number:
- MSS 15
- Holdings:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
- Creator:
- Leslie, Bradford, 1831–1926
- Title(s):
- Letter to George Dunlop Leslie
- Date:
- circa 1845-1852
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Series:
- Series III: Correspondence
- Part of Collection:
- 1, folder 1
- Provenance:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Conditions Governing Access:
- The materials are open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use:
- Copyright UndeterminedThe collection is the physical property of the Yale Center for British Art. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Archives Department.
- Scope and Content:
- Bradford Leslie writes to his brother George, including a comical sketch of pigs lolling in the grass. He comments on the "porkers," saying that they "will explain to you how hot it is here." It is likely that this letter was written while Bradford was completing his engineering apprenticeship; he mentions the town of St. Briavels, which is in Gloucestershire, not far from Chepstow, where Bradford would go in 1851-2 as part of his apprenticeship. Bradford comments on the animals he sees in the area, as well as on the rock in the region, which he says is called "pudding stone." He notes the cheapness of the home prices in the town and remarks that he wants to make a "rod" out of sticks he has found.
- Physical Description:
- 4 pages (1 folded leaf) ; 18 x 22 cm. Autograph letter, signed, written in pen and brown/black ink, with pen and ink illustration.
- Genre:
- Correspondence , Pictorial works, Albums (Books), Autobiographies, Cut-paper works, Graphite drawings, Pen and ink drawings, Letters, Sketchbooks, and Watercolors (paintings)
- Subject Terms:
- DanceMilitary uniformsPaintersPaintingPainting, BritishPanoramas
- Subject Period:
- 19th century
- Associated Places:
- Great Britain
- Associated People/Groups:
- Leslie, Bradford, 1831-1926Leslie, George Dunlop, 1835-1921
- Finding Aid Title:
- Charles Robert Leslie Collection
- Collection PDF:
- https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/8.pdf
- Archival Object:
- https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/1236
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/1236?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1