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Call Number:
MSS 15
Holdings:
[Request]
Creator:
Leslie, Charles Robert, 1794–1859
Title(s):
Letter to Harriet Stone Leslie
Date:
1834 May 27
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series III: Correspondence
Part of Collection:
1, folder 3
Provenance:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Conditions Governing Access:
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use:
Copyright Undetermined

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 Archives Department.
Scope and Content:
The letter is postmarked from Petworth on 27/28 May, 1834 and is addressed to "Mrs. Leslie" at 41 Portman Place, Edgware Road, London. Leslie writes to his wife about his ride to the area, saying that it was quite dusty. He may have been traveling in order to fulfill a commission, possibly to paint portraits. He describes meeting a Mrs. Rydsdale and her children at the house where he is staying, commenting that she will be "delighted at the prospect of seeing you soon again." Leslie also writes of being received by Lord Egremont, seeing a Mrs. King and her children, a Colonel Henry, Lady George Townshead [?], Lady Emily and the Miss Rydsdales. He also mentions a Mr. Morrison as being "the gentleman for whom I <emph render="underline">did not</emph> paint a picture..." He writes of missing his wife and of trying to get home as soon as possible. It seems that Harriet might have been ill or have been burdened with caring for her growing family at this time, for Leslie advises her with great emphasis to take care of herself and to rest as much as possible while he is away. He describes some sort of enormous fete in town, at which "4 or 5 thousand" women and children came to dine and were waited upon by men. He closes by commenting somewhat cryptically on a person in the household (perhaps a servant?) called "Cupid" who asks about the family but who may have a "rival in New York."
Physical Description:
4 pages (1 folded leaf) ; 22.5 x 37 cm. Autograph letter, signed; written in pen and brown/black ink.
Genre:
Correspondence , Pictorial works, Albums (Books), Autobiographies, Cut-paper works, Graphite drawings, Pen and ink drawings, Letters, Sketchbooks, and Watercolors (paintings)
Subject Terms:
Dance
Military uniforms
Painters
Painting
Painting, British
Panoramas
Subject Period:
19th century
Associated Places:
Great Britain
Associated People/Groups:
Leslie, Charles Robert, 1794-1859
Leslie, Harriet Honor Stone, 1799-1879
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/1239
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/1239?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1