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Call Number:
MSS 30
Holdings:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Creator:
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Title(s):
Letter to the Earl of Upper Ossory
Date:
1786 July 10
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series I: Correspondence
Part of Collection:
Box 1, folder Reynolds 18
Provenance:
Gift of Frederick W. Hilles.
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:
Written from London. Offering to trade Gainsborough's "Girl with Pigs" for a damaged "Venus and Adonis" copied by Titian. Ingamells no. 153.
Physical Description:
3 pages ; 24 x 19 cm.
Genre:
Correspondence , Commonplace books, Diaries, Letters, and Notebooks
Subject Terms:
Description and travel
Painting, European
Associated Places:
Antwerp (Belgium)
Belgium
Brussels (Belgium)
Germany
Netherlands
Paris (France)
Rotterdam (Netherlands)
Associated People/Groups:
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727-1788
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792
Titian, circa 1488-1576
Upper Ossory, John Fitzpatrick, Earl of, 1745-1818
Finding Aid Title:
Joshua Reynolds Archive
Collection PDF:
https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/18.pdf
Archival Object:
https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/2737
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2737?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1