Woolner, Thomas, 1825–1892, Thomas Woolner letter to John Frederick Lewis, 1874 November 22
- Call Number:
- MSS 53
- Holdings:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
- Creator:
- Woolner, Thomas, 1825–1892
- Title(s):
- Thomas Woolner letter to John Frederick Lewis
- Date:
- 1874 November 22
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Part of Collection:
- Box 1, folder 8
- Provenance:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- 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 Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts.
- Scope and Content:
- "Nov 22 '74. My dear Mr Lewis, A letter from you comes like the sun thro' this dingy abomination called fog. It would have shocked me had I known such an idea as coming here this weather had even entered your head as a possibility. So far as I am concerned, election to R. A-ship is a point of no great consequence, as I care nothing for fancy titles, and do not like my time to be taken up by Council meetings, and A.R.A.-ship suits me very well indeed, as I get most of the fun and only a little of the work; indeed none, except teaching in the Life School, which I like. But whether I am elected or whether I am not, I would rather have had your kind and hearty letter, or your solitary vote, than nearly the whole voting of the Academy without it, or with yours in antagonism. - I am delighted to know that you can still work a little, but it is very sad to think of your not being able to walk about comfortably. - I was going off to Venice tomorrow, but the friend with whom I travel caught a sore throat and now I have to wait till his Dr lets him off. - Except a fortnight in the spring in Paris with my wife I have had no holiday this year and begin to feel stupid from constant work on monstrous statues. - I gave your message to my wife; she was greatly pleased and told me whatever I said in return to "imply admiration" - for you must know that she is as great an enthusiast for your work as I am myself. Hoping for you all good, every truly yours T. Woolner." See: <title>Thomas Woolner, R.A., sculptor and poet</title>, page 300.
- Additional Notes:
- With blind-embossed letterhead: 29, Welbeck Street. W.
- Physical Description:
- 1 folded sheet (4 pages) : autograph letter, signed ; 18 x 23 cm, folded to 18 x 12 cm
- Genre:
- Correspondence and Exhibitions
- Subject Terms:
- AntiquitiesArtOrientalismPaintersPaintingPhotographyPricesSculptorsSculpture
- Associated Places:
- EgyptFranceGreat BritainHayes (Bromley, London, England)Paris
- Associated People/Groups:
- Lewis, John Frederick, 1804-1876Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)Woolner, Alice, 1845-1912Woolner, Thomas, 1825-1892
- Finding Aid Title:
- Thomas Woolner Letters to John Frederick Lewis
- Collection PDF:
- https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/10701.pdf
- Archival Object:
- https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/2629899
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2629899?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1