Powell, Peter, circa 1775–1855, Letter to Charles Robert Leslie, 1827 November 27
- 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 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:
- 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:
- DanceMilitary uniformsPaintersPaintingPainting, BritishPanoramas
- Subject Period:
- 19th century
- Associated Places:
- Great Britain
- Associated People/Groups:
- Leslie, Charles Robert, 1794-1859Powell, 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