Leslie, Mary, 1833–1907, Thoughts on Painting, circa 1845
- Call Number:
- MSS 15
- Holdings:
- [Request]
- Creator:
- Leslie, Mary, 1833–1907
- Title(s):
- Thoughts on Painting
- Date:
- circa 1845
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Series:
- Series II: Writings and Manuscripts
- Part of Collection:
- 1, folder A
- 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:
- Manuscript treatise, bound by hand. Mary Leslie declares, "I am going to lay before you...my inexpeareanced [sic] thoughts on the subject of painting." It is likely that Mary created this piece while still a young child. She writes of her previous ignorance, looking at "those unatureal [sic] painters, Landsear [sic], Redgrave, Danby, and many others..." Mary goes on to praise Raphael for his lack of affectation, and then speaks warmly of Turner and Constable, writing that she has heard people say that "Constable painted, silver. Turner painted, Gold" [sic] as a way of comparing the two. She concludes by saying that she has other thoughts on the subject of painting, but they are difficult to write down.
- Physical Description:
- 8 leaves ; 18 x 22 cm. Sewn. Written in pen and brown/black ink with watercolor illustration.
- Genre:
- Pictorial works, Albums (Books), Autobiographies, 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:
- Brand, John, 1744-1806Browne, William, 1590-approximately 1645Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400Grose, Francis, 1731?-1791Hogarth, William, 1697-1764Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677Leslie, Bradford, 1831-1926Leslie, Charles Robert, 1794-1859Leslie, George Dunlop, 1835-1921Leslie, Harriet Honor Stone, 1799-1879Leslie, Harriet Jane, 1828-1864Leslie, Mary, 1833-1907Leslie, Robert C. (Robert Charles), 1826-1901Leslie, Robert, -1804Leslie, Thomas Jefferson, 1796 or 1797-1874Maclise, Daniel, 1806-1870Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872Powell, Peter, ca. 1775-1855Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)Taylor, Tom, 1817-1880West, Benjamin, 1738-1820
- 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/1232
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/1232?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1