Leslie, Charles Robert, 1794–1859, Letter to H. Burton, 1847 May 22
- Call Number:
- MSS 15
- Holdings:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
- Creator:
- Leslie, Charles Robert, 1794–1859
- Title(s):
- Letter to H. Burton
- Date:
- 1847 May 22
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Series:
- Series III: Correspondence
- Part of Collection:
- 1, folder 5
- 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:
- Leslie writes to thank Burton for payment received (60 guineas) for Leslie's "little picture of the [illegible] girl." The work in question is probably Leslie's <title render="italic">Girl in a Coblentz cap, with lillies of the valley in her hand</title>. According to the appendix of Leslie's <title render="italic">Autobiographical recollections</title>, this work was painted in 1845 for Robert Burton, Esq., New York. The present letter was removed from the library's copy of <title render="italic">Autobiographical recollections</title>.
- Physical Description:
- 1 page (1 leaf) ; 18 x 12 cm. Autograph letter, signed; written in pen and brown/black ink.
- 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, Charles Robert, 1794-1859
- 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/1241
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/1241?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1