Leslie, Charles Robert, 1794–1859, Autobiography, circa 1836-1857
- Call Number:
- MSS 15
- Holdings:
- [Request]
- Creator:
- Leslie, Charles Robert, 1794–1859
- Title(s):
- Autobiography
- Date:
- circa 1836-1857
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Series:
- Series II: Writings and Manuscripts
- Part of Collection:
- Vol. 5
- 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:
- Original autograph manuscript of C.R. Leslie's autobiography (published as: <title render="italic">Autobiographical recollections by the late Charles Robert Leslie, R.A.</title> London: John Murray, 1860). The manuscript is written in pen and ink, in Leslie's hand throughout. It is heavily revised and edited. A significant number of passages here were omitted in the published version, edited by Tom Taylor. Mounted at front is the engraved trade card of Leslie's father: "Leslie & Price, Clock & Watch Makers, no. 79 Market Street, Philadelphia."
- Physical Description:
- 431 pages ; 33 cm. Bound in contemporary sheep.
- Genre:
- Trade cards , Autobiographies, Pictorial works, Albums (Books), Cut-paper works, Graphite drawings, Pen and ink drawings, Letters, Sketchbooks, and Watercolors (paintings)
- Subject Terms:
- DanceMilitary uniformsPaintersPaintingPainting, BritishPanoramas
- Subject Period:
- 19th century
- Associated Places:
- Great Britain
- Associated People/Groups:
- Leslie, Charles Robert, 1794-1859Leslie, Robert, -1804Taylor, Tom, 1817-1880
- 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/1231
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/1231?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1