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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:
[Circa 1890s?]
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series II: Frederic Leighton to Philip Hermogenes Calderon
Part of Collection:
1, folder 26
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:
A brief note, written in an angry or frustrated tone. Leighton asks Calderon what could be said at the Dulwich Luncheon, and asks him whether he can use his connection to suggest something. Clearly, Leighton is disappointed and upset. It is not clear to what event this letter pertains. It is not dated.
Physical Description:
Autograph letter, signed; written in pen and black ink. 1 page (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/2709
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2709?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1