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Call Number:
MSS 15
Creator:
Leslie, Harriet Honor Stone, 1799-1879
Title(s):
Letter to Charles Robert Leslie
Date:
probably 1840s
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series III: Correspondence
Part of Collection:
1, folder 36
Provenance:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Conditions Governing Access:
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use:
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 from "Standwell House, Rottingdean." She expresses dismay not to have had a letter from Charles, and hopes that he is well. She asks for George to bring senna leaves from home and reports on Harriet, Caroline, and Mary all bathing earlier in the day, saying that she wishes she had the courage to do it too. She has watched a storm all night, wondering whether Charles experienced it too. She admonishes Charles again for not writing and states that she is anxious about him and wishes she hadn't left him. She is pleased with the food and wishes she could share it with Charles. She warns him not to stay in Robert's room because it is too cold and damp, again wishing that Charles were with her to experience the warm and pleasant weather. Bradford has befriended a local couple called the Coppers, and will "paint them another picture." Harriet requests a board for him, "like Mary's" and follows with a list of tasks for the servant Susan to perform.
Physical Description:
4 pages (1 folded leaf) ; 18.2 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/1274
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/1274?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1