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Call Number:
MSS 15
Holdings:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Creator:
Powell, Peter, circa 1775–1855
Title(s):
Letter to Charles Robert Leslie
Date:
1827 November 27
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series III: Correspondence
Part of Collection:
1, folder 56
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:
Powell writes from Padua to Leslie at Lisson Grove, Paddington. Powell writes in his usual jovial tone, discussing the pleasures of Italy and its comfortable climate. He imagines that Leslie has heard about him through "John Chalon who I met at Geneva and with whom I afterwards visited the Valley of Chamonix & the celebrated Mont Blanc." Powell goes on discussing various people whom he has met in cities around Italy. He notes that he has heard about the Royal Academy Exhibition, saying that Leslie has won "poor Collins's generous heart for ever I understand." He describes traveling in Italy with the Callcotts and meeting a painter called Mr. Lewis. He also describes a chapel painted by Giotto, in good condition thanks, in part, to being preserved from destruction by Napoleon. He urges Leslie to see the chapel. Powell closes by mentioning several mutual friends, among them Newton, the Condeys [?], and Constable.
Physical Description:
4 pages (1 folded leaf) ; 24 x 38 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
Powell, Peter, circa 1775-1855
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/1298
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/1298?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1