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Call Number:
MSS 3
Holdings:
[Request]
Creator:
Millais, John Everett, 1829–1896
Title(s):
Letter to Philip Hermogenes Calderon
Date:
1887 August 6
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series I: John Everett Millais to Philip Hermogenes Calderon
Part of Collection:
1, folder 2
Provenance:
Acquired October 2008, Paul Mellon Fund.
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:
Sent to Calderon at Tentworth, Stedham, Midhurst. Congratulates him on being elected the new Keeper of the Royal Academy. Hopes that he will not let his duties prevent him from creating more art. Millais is departing for Scotland for a vacation.
Physical Description:
Autograph letter, signed; written in pen and black ink. 3 pages (1 folded leaf) ; 18 x 23 cm. + envelope.
Genre:
Correspondence and Letters
Subject Terms:
Painters
Painting, British
Subject Period:
19th century
Associated Places:
Great Britain
Associated People/Groups:
Calderon, P. H. (Philip Hermogenes), 1833-1898
Leighton of Stretton, Frederic Leighton, Baron, 1830-1896
Millais, John Everett, 1829-1896
Millais, Mary Hunt, 1860-1944
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)
Finding Aid Title:
Philip Hermogenes Calderon correspondence from John Everett Millais and Frederic Leighton
Collection PDF:
https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/17.pdf
Archival Object:
https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/2684
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2684?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1