Woolner, Thomas, 1825-1892, Thomas Woolner letter to John Frederick Lewis, 1875 May 30
- Call Number:
- MSS 53
- Creator:
- Woolner, Thomas, 1825-1892
- Title(s):
- Thomas Woolner letter to John Frederick Lewis
- Date:
- 1875 May 30
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Part of Collection:
- Box 1, folder 12
- 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:
- "May 30 1875. My dear Lewis, I hope you are getting better with the bright weather. I came down to spend the day at this lovely place, - the seat of the great Earl Chatham - and having nothing to do but enjoy myself I make a part of that enjoyment saying how-d'ye-do to you. I am truly sorry you do not get strong quickly; and not only on your own account, and on account of art, but also on my own, for I want the pleasure of seeing you. I am Visitor in the Life School till the middle of June; after that is over, I shall turn down to see you if it be only for ten minutes. I do not know what views you have at Walton, but they are sure to [be?] beautiful if you get glimpses of the Thames, but I think they could not beat this Paradisal spot except in the light of the River.- I have not been to the Ex: since it opened, for somehow ordinary work in art seems to me of very little use and gives me no particular pleasure to look at.- Pray make my compliments to kind Mrs Lewis, for she is always kind in telling me of you and I always feel deeply grateful to her.- My wife is here with me drinking in the lovely scenery. Ever truly yours, T. Woolner."
- Additional Notes:
- With printed heading: "Post Town Beckenham"; "Railway & Telegraph Bromley."; "Hayes, Kent."
- Physical Description:
- 1 folded sheet (3 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, Thomas, 1825-1892
- Finding Aid Title:
- Thomas Woolner Letters to John Frederick Lewis
- Archival Object:
- https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/2629903
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2629903?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1