Millais, John Everett, 1829–1896, Letter to Philip Hermogenes Calderon, 1895 May 7
- Call Number:
- MSS 3
- Holdings:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
- Creator:
- Millais, John Everett, 1829–1896
- Title(s):
- Letter to Philip Hermogenes Calderon
- Date:
- 1895 May 7
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Series:
- Series I: John Everett Millais to Philip Hermogenes Calderon
- Part of Collection:
- 1, folder 9
- Provenance:
- Acquired October 2008, Paul Mellon Fund.
- 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:
- Written on black-bordered mourning stationery, with black-bordered envelope. From Millais's address in Kensington. Discusses his increasing confidence about taking over the Chair from Leighton, after feeling buoyed up by friends' encouragement. Describes a "flattering" letter from Roxbury. Says that he thinks "it was shabby of the 'Times' not to have said one little word of congratulations" about artists' successes, but that they did not help him much in his career anyway. Says that he is rewarded for sleepless nights by the thought that he has helped the Academy. Says he is nervous about being expected to speak. Millais notes that he is writing from his bed, as his throat is bad and he needs rest. Handwriting gets increasingly loose, almost illegible on last page.
- Physical Description:
- Autograph letter, signed; written in pen and black ink. 4 pages (1 folded leaf) ; 18 x 23 cm. + envelope.
- Genre:
- Correspondence and Letters
- Subject Terms:
- PaintersPainting, British
- Subject Period:
- 19th century
- Associated Places:
- Great Britain
- Associated People/Groups:
- Calderon, P. H. (Philip Hermogenes), 1833-1898Leighton of Stretton, Frederic Leighton, Baron, 1830-1896Millais, John Everett, 1829-1896Millais, Mary Hunt, 1860-1944Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)
- Finding Aid Title:
- Philip Hermogenes Calderon correspondence from John Everett Millais and Frederic Leighton
- Collection PDF:
- https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/17.pdf
- Archival Object:
- https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/2691
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2691?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1