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Call Number:
MSS 15
Holdings:
[Request]
Creator:
Leslie, Harriet Honor Stone, 1799–1879
Title(s):
Letter to Charles Robert Leslie
Date:
probably 1840s "Wednesday"
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series III: Correspondence
Part of Collection:
1, folder 30
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:
Harriet writes that she received Charles's last letter. She writes that she grieves "over Mrs. Knott," but says that the dead woman was such a good Christian that no one should be too upset because she is going to Heaven. She reports that Mr. Wallis has lent his punt, but that Robert enjoys nothing more than sketching. She believes that Robert should go "to Carey's school & make him drudge well there for a year at least." She comments on the marriage of Mrs. Knott's niece, but says that "Alfred C. I am sure wonders any one should get married," as he feels that pretty girls are suited only for artist's models and that "children [are]...useless." She sends instructions for the servant, Susan, and asks Charles to bring Caroline's boots when he arrives in town.
Physical Description:
3 pages (1 folded leaf) ; 18 x 23 cm. Autograph letter, signed; written in pen and 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/1268
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/1268?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1