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Found in 35 Collections and/or Records:

James Barry Papers

 Collection — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2; Series 3 [Barcode: 39002127284157]
Call Number: LWL MSS 44
Abstract: The James Barry Papers contain correspondence and documents concerning Barry's financial affairs and artistic ventures, and his relationships with the Royal Academy and the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce. There are letters from his brothers Redmond and Patrick, and colleagues including the painters Peter Benazech and William Keable. The majority of the collection, however, concerns the Barry family's handling of his estate after his death, in particular his...
Dates: 1765-1884, bulk 1785-1810
Found in: Lewis Walpole Library > James Barry Papers

Benjamin Williams Leader letter to J. Manville Form Esq., 1893 April 19

 Item — Box 1, Folder: Leader 5
Call Number: MSS 84
Scope and Contents:

Concerning Leader's paintings sent to the Academy: Mead and Stream, An Old Country Church, A Hillside Road, Carting Timber.

Dates: 1893 April 19
Found in: Yale Center for British Art, Rare Books and Manuscripts > Paul Mellon collection of British artists' correspondence

Philip Hermogenes Calderon correspondence from John Everett Millais and Frederic Leighton

 Collection
Call Number: MSS 3
Abstract:

This collection includes letters sent by John Everett Millais and Frederic Leighton to Philip Hermogenes Calderon from 1886 to 1896.

Dates: 1886-1896
Found in: Yale Center for British Art, Rare Books and Manuscripts > Philip Hermogenes Calderon correspondence from John Everett Millais and Frederic Leighton

Copy of speech delivered to the Royal Academy, 28 February 1792, 1792 February 28

 Item — Box 1: Series 1; Series 3; Series 4, Folder: Reynolds 56
Call Number: MSS 30 , Series IV
Scope and Contents:

Speech delivered to the Royal Academy at a special meeting held after Reynolds' death.

Dates: 1792 February 28
Found in: Yale Center for British Art, Rare Books and Manuscripts > Joshua Reynolds Archive > Miscellaneous

Dante Gabriel Rossetti letter to Ellen Heaton, 1856 May 12

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 56.32
Call Number: MSS 47
Scope and Contents: Rossetti apologizes to Heaton for his delayed response. He tells Heaton he will be happy to show his drawings to Arabella Moulton Barrett, if Heaton arranges an appointment. Rossetti admits that he thinks there is "little [art] worth seeing" in London at the present moment, except for the Royal Academy exhibition. Rossetti notes that the Royal Academy has not exhibited Robert Browning's portrait, despite having accepted it. Rossetti recommends pictures from the collection of William Ward,...
Dates: 1856 May 12
Found in: Yale Center for British Art, Rare Books and Manuscripts > Dante Gabriel Rossetti Letters to Ellen Heaton

Dante Gabriel Rossetti letter to William Houghton Clabburn, 1865 May 3

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 10
Call Number: MSS 31
Scope and Contents: "My dear Clabburn,Thanks for the £70 completing payment in full for the Magdalene picture, which will be done by the time named if not sooner. I shall be very glad to see you when in town, & hope you may be accompanied by Mrs. Clabburn.The Academy lectures [?] are generally "much of a muchness" I fear. I suppose, as things go, the Athenaeum is likely to be as tolerable as any. I have not yet seen the Exhibition myself....
Dates: 1865 May 3
Found in: Yale Center for British Art, Rare Books and Manuscripts > Dante Gabriel Rossetti Letters to William Houghton Clabburn

Frederick Goodall letter to Richard Redgrave, 1853 February 12

 Item — Box 1, Folder: Goodall 8
Call Number: MSS 84
Scope and Contents:

Salutation reads "My Dear Sir". Concerning Goodall's acceptance as a candidate to the Academy.

Dates: 1853 February 12
Found in: Yale Center for British Art, Rare Books and Manuscripts > Paul Mellon collection of British artists' correspondence

Heights of members of the Royal Academy Club, 1787 November 23

 Item — Box 1: Series 1; Series 3; Series 4, Folder: Reynolds 53
Call Number: MSS 30 , Series IV
Scope and Contents:

The list includes the names of 28 club members, but heights are recorded for five only: Reynolds, Sir William Chambers, John Singleton Copley, John Webber, and Ozias Humphry.

Dates: 1787 November 23
Found in: Yale Center for British Art, Rare Books and Manuscripts > Joshua Reynolds Archive > Miscellaneous

Henry Weekes letter to Richard Redgrave, 1853 March 15

 Item — Box 2, Folder: Weekes 1
Call Number: MSS 84
Scope and Contents:

Weekes acknowledges his election to the Royal Academy.

Dates: 1853 March 15
Found in: Yale Center for British Art, Rare Books and Manuscripts > Paul Mellon collection of British artists' correspondence

Invitation to Sir Joshua Reynolds' funeral at the Royal Academy, 1792 March

 Item — Box 1: Series 1; Series 3; Series 4, Folder: Reynolds 63
Call Number: MSS 30 , Series IV
Dates: 1792 March
Found in: Yale Center for British Art, Rare Books and Manuscripts > Joshua Reynolds Archive > Miscellaneous

John Brett letter to "My Dear Sir", April 28

 Item — Box 1, Folder: Brett 1
Call Number: MSS 84
Scope and Contents:

Brett asks for a professional opinion on two of his paintings rejected by the Academy.

Dates: April 28
Found in: Yale Center for British Art, Rare Books and Manuscripts > Paul Mellon collection of British artists' correspondence

John Ruskin letter to Ellen Heaton, 1861 late April?

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 39002106121412], Folder: H.93
Call Number: MSS 46
Scope and Contents: "We will see about your private ticket [presumably for the Royal Academy]. I send you Turner -- with sincerest thanks. -- You can't conceive how worried I am just now about dozens of things -- & and can't call nor see people -- anyhow. I shall have to run out of town again I fancy.". In a postscript, Ruskin writes: "My main work is in arranging the Cambridge collection of sketches & very difficult." [On May 28, 1861, Ruskin presented 25 Turner watercolors to the Fitzwilliam Museum,...
Dates: 1861 late April?
Found in: Yale Center for British Art, Rare Books and Manuscripts > John Ruskin Letters to Ellen Heaton > Letters from John Ruskin to Ellen Heaton

Charles Robert Leslie Collection

 Collection
Call Number: MSS 15
Abstract:

The collection comprises sketchbooks, writings, and correspondence by Charles Robert Leslie (1794-1859) and his family.

Dates: circa 1812-1900
Found in: Yale Center for British Art, Rare Books and Manuscripts > Charles Robert Leslie Collection

Letter (initialed "CB") to Miss Burney, at Queen's House, 1790 December 13

 Item — Box 1: Series 1; Series 3; Series 4, Folder: Reynolds 54
Call Number: MSS 30 , Series I
Scope and Contents:

Letter written to his daughter, Frances, after hearing Sir Joshua Reynolds deliver his final Discourse at the Royal Academy.

Dates: 1790 December 13
Found in: Yale Center for British Art, Rare Books and Manuscripts > Joshua Reynolds Archive > Correspondence

Letter to Charles Robert Leslie, 1827 February 5

 Item — 1: Series 2; Series 3, Folder: 55
Call Number: MSS 15, Series III
Scope and Contents: Powell writes from Rue de Grenelle, Paris, to Leslie at Lisson Grove, Paddington. Powell apologizes for being so bad about correspondence, blaming his own procrastination for this problem as well as for his failure to marry. He acknowledges Leslie's relatively recent marriage and the birth of his son Robert. Powell remarks that his trip to Italy is postponed and he will be staying in Paris for the spring. He comments on the death of the artist John Flaxman (1755-1826), and discusses affairs...
Dates: 1827 February 5
Found in: Yale Center for British Art, Rare Books and Manuscripts > Charles Robert Leslie Collection > Correspondence > Peter Powell

Letter to Henry Howard., 1841 July 28

 Item — 3-12
Call Number: MSS 10
Scope and Contents:

Asking him to deliver to "Mr. Smith or bearer" the pictures listed in the previous letter.

Dates: 1841 July 28
Found in: Yale Center for British Art, Rare Books and Manuscripts > Extra-illustrated Life of Nollekens

Letter to John Bacon, 1790 January

 Item — Box 1: Series 1; Series 3; Series 4, Folder: Reynolds 27
Call Number: MSS 30 , Series I
Scope and Contents:

A note concerning the quarrel that led to Sir Joshua Reynolds' resignation from the Royal Academy. Ingamells no. 192.

Dates: 1790 January
Found in: Yale Center for British Art, Rare Books and Manuscripts > Joshua Reynolds Archive > Correspondence

Letter to John Thomas Smith., 1832 January 29

 Item — 2-175
Call Number: MSS 10
Scope and Contents:

About his quotation from Baretti's Guide through the Royal Academy (London, 1781).

Dates: 1832 January 29
Found in: Yale Center for British Art, Rare Books and Manuscripts > Extra-illustrated Life of Nollekens

Letter to Sir Joshua Reynolds, circa 1790?

 Item — Box 1: Series 1; Series 3; Series 4, Folder: Reynolds 66
Call Number: MSS 30 , Series I
Scope and Contents:

Complaining about expensive presents offered by Sir William Hamilton to the Royal Academy.

Dates: circa 1790?
Found in: Yale Center for British Art, Rare Books and Manuscripts > Joshua Reynolds Archive > Correspondence

Letter to the Honorable William Hamilton at Naples, 1769 March 28

 Item — Box 1: Series 1; Series 3; Series 4, Folder: Reynolds 2
Call Number: MSS 30 , Series I
Scope and Contents:

Regarding the establishment of the Royal Academy, of which Sir Joshua Reynolds has the honor of being president. Ingamells no. 21.

Dates: 1769 March 28
Found in: Yale Center for British Art, Rare Books and Manuscripts > Joshua Reynolds Archive > Correspondence