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Call Number:
MSS 3
Holdings:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Creator:
Leighton of Stretton, Frederic Leighton, Baron, 1830–1896
Title(s):
Letter to Philip Hermogenes Calderon
Date:
1890 November 20
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series II: Frederic Leighton to Philip Hermogenes Calderon
Part of Collection:
1, folder 17
Provenance:
Acquired October 2008, Paul Mellon Fund.
Conditions Governing Access:
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use:
Copyright Undetermined

The 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:
Remarks that Poynter has resigned his post at Dulwich College and asks if Calderon will consent to being nominated to replace him. Says in a postscript that he trusts Calderon is "gathering strength after [his]...recent attack."
Physical Description:
Autograph letter, signed; written in pen and black ink. 3 pages (1 folded leaf) ; 18 x 23 cm.
Genre:
Correspondence and Letters
Subject Terms:
Painters
Painting, British
Subject Period:
19th century
Associated Places:
Great Britain
Associated People/Groups:
Calderon, P. H. (Philip Hermogenes), 1833-1898
Leighton of Stretton, Frederic Leighton, Baron, 1830-1896
Millais, John Everett, 1829-1896
Millais, Mary Hunt, 1860-1944
Royal 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/2700
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2700?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1