Paul Mellon collection of British artists' correspondence
Collection
Call Number: MSS 84
Scope and Contents
The collection comprises correspondence by British artists, collected by Paul Mellon. Correspondents represented by multiple items within the collection include James Aumonier, Sir Charles Barry, Henry Sanford Bicknell, Frank Bramley, Charles Robert Cockerell, David Cox, Henry William Banks Davis, Francis Bernard Dicksee, William Hepworth Dixon, William Edward Frost, George Godwin, Frederick Goodall, Arthur Hacker, James Astbury Hammersley, Philip Hardwick, Solomon Alexander Hart, John Evan Hodgson, John Callcott Horsely, Charles Joseph Hullmandel, Colin Hunter, Charles Landseer, Benjamin William Leader, John Linnell, Edwin Longsden Long, William Mark, Francis Graham Moon, Albert Joseph Moore, Philip Richard Morris, John Trivett Nettleship, Edmund John Niemann, Aaron Edwin Penley, Frederick Richard Pickersgill, Henry William Pickersgill, Paul Falconer Poole, Harry Quilter, Samuel Read, Richard Redgrave, Samuel Redgrave, Thomas Miles Richardson, David Roberts, John Ruskin, Joseph John Scoles, John Simpson, Frank Stone, James Ward, Henry Warren, and Henry Tanworth Wells.
Dates
- 1767-1917
Creator
- Mellon, Paul (Collector)
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
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 Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Extent
.84 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Overview
The collection comprises correspondence by British artists, collected by Paul Mellon.
Creator
- Mellon, Paul (Collector)
- Title
- Paul Mellon collection of British artists' correspondence
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- edited by Francis Lapka
- Date
- 2022
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Yale Center for British Art, Rare Books and Manuscripts Repository
Contact:
Department of Rare Books and Manuscripts
1080 Chapel Street
P. O. Box 208280
New Haven CT 06520-8280 US
203-432-2814
ycba.rarebooks@yale.edu
Department of Rare Books and Manuscripts
1080 Chapel Street
P. O. Box 208280
New Haven CT 06520-8280 US
203-432-2814
ycba.rarebooks@yale.edu
Location
1080 Chapel Street
New Haven , CT 06510