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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:
1829 November 30
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series III: Correspondence
Part of Collection:
1, folder 57
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 No. 68 Via Sistina, Rome, to Leslie at Portman Place, Edgware Road, London. Powell writes romantically of his difficulty in leaving Rome, discussing its staggering history. He compares the relative freedom of Rome's citizens to the oppressions of English life, with its "noise & newspapers & cant about liberty..." He writes that, in his two years in Rome, there has only been one execution and "that for murder!" He goes on to talk about a mutual acquaintance who is traveling for his health, and notes having seen a print of "your Duke and Duchess," a work by Leslie, in a periodical. Powell concludes buoyantly with remarks about never wanting to return to England, despite the failure of some of his friendships because of his long time away.
Physical Description:
2 pages (1 leaf) ; 26 x 22 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/1299
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/1299?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1