Leslie, Robert Charles, 1826–, Letter to Charles Robert Leslie, 1841
- Call Number:
- MSS 15
- Holdings:
- [Request]
- Creator:
- Leslie, Robert Charles, 1826–
- Title(s):
- Letter to Charles Robert Leslie
- Date:
- 1841
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Series:
- Series III: Correspondence
- Part of Collection:
- 1, folder 50
- 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:
- Robert Charles writes to his father from New York, commenting excitedly on his location and its proximity to water. He appears to have been staying at West Point, with his uncle and aunt. Robert writes of boarding the "Hendrick Hudson" and watching ships in the area. Robert is pleased with West Point and remarks that faculty members recall him from the family's earlier stay at West Point in 1833. Robert tells his father that today "went to see all the principle New York Artists viz Mr. West, Mr. Huntington & Mr. Darand, very cilvil [sic] all of them." Robert remarks that he will be home soon and closes with a commentary on the constant local noise of "fire engines...of night bells tolling men shouting & engines running...[I]t seems to me they have a great many fires..." Although this letter is undated, R.C. Leslie's 1894 autobiographical work, <title render="italic">A Waterbiography</title>, mentions a trip to America in 1841, in order to study ships and their construction.
- Physical Description:
- 2 pages (1 leaf) ; 22.5 x 18.5 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:
- DanceMilitary uniformsPaintersPaintingPainting, BritishPanoramas
- Subject Period:
- 19th century
- Associated Places:
- Great Britain
- Associated People/Groups:
- Leslie, Charles Robert, 1794-1859Leslie, Robert Charles, 1826-
- 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/1290
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/1290?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1