Powell, Peter, circa 1775–1855, Letter to Charles Robert Leslie, 1840 February 6
- Call Number:
- MSS 15
- Holdings:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
- Creator:
- Powell, Peter, circa 1775–1855
- Title(s):
- Letter to Charles Robert Leslie
- Date:
- 1840 February 6
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Series:
- Series III: Correspondence
- Part of Collection:
- 1, folder 59
- 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:
- Powell writes from Edinburgh, apologizing for his lack of correspondence. He notes that he never expected to stay in Edinburgh past the previous October, but reports that he has been staying with some "Batchelor Friends" who are also artists, and could not leave the lovely setting in which he stayed. This setting featured a castle, "river, hills, lake," etc., and "afforded a delightful ramble..." He writes, rather humorously, of narrowly avoiding marriage to a local woman and of hosting a church service in the Hall where he is staying. He writes Leslie that "your Picture has been exhibiting here with great eclat, & prints to the amount of three hundred Pounds subscribed for in...two days." He writes of meeting a Mr. Allan, R.A., and plans on returning to England within the month.
- Physical Description:
- 4 pages (1 folded leaf) ; 31 x 38 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, 1794-1859Powell, Peter, circa 1775-1855
- 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/1301
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/1301?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1