Leslie, Charles Robert, 1794–1859, Charles Robert Leslie album, 1850
- Call Number:
- MSS 15
- Holdings:
- [Request]
- Creator:
- Leslie, Charles Robert, 1794–1859
- Title(s):
- Charles Robert Leslie album
- Date:
- 1850
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Series:
- Series I: Albums and Sketchbooks
- Part of Collection:
- Vol. 2
- Provenance:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Conditions Governing Access:
- The materials are open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use:
- Copyright UndeterminedThe 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:
- The spine of the volume bears a paper label inscribed: "Sketches by C.R. Leslie, R.A., selected by G.D.L. [i.e. George Dunlop Leslie] '06." The album comprises 103 drawings or groups of drawings by Leslie, all on small sheets affixed to blank leaves in the album. These includes 66 drawings in pen and ink (frequently over graphite) and 37 drawings in graphite; 8 of the drawings include some addition of watercolor. Most drawings are unsigned and without labels. There are a number of quickly drawn studies of men and women in common dress. A series of drawings near the front depict various ensembles of figures dancing; one of these is labeled "Espaja [?] Spy glass." As in the preceding C.R. Leslie sketchbook in this collection, a number of the drawings depict figures in historical costume, especially of the 17th century. Some of these may be depictions of characters from the stage. Titled portraits depict the likes of John Constable, Richard Fanshawe, William Duke of Hamilton, David Leslie, and Catherine of Aragon; most (if not all) of these are copies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 album (128 pages) ; 32 cm. Bound in black half morocco and blue cloth.
- Genre:
- Watercolors (paintings), Sketchbooks, Graphite drawings, Pen and ink drawings, Pictorial works, Albums (Books), Autobiographies, Cut-paper works, and Letters
- Subject Terms:
- DanceMilitary uniformsPaintersPaintingPainting, BritishPanoramasPictorial works
- Subject Period:
- 19th century
- Associated Places:
- Great Britain
- Associated People/Groups:
- Leslie, George Dunlop, 1835-1921
- Finding Aid Title:
- Charles Robert Leslie Collection
- Collection PDF:
- https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/8.pdf
- Archival Object:
- https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/1227
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/1227?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1