Millais, John Everett, 1829–1896, Letter to Philip Hermogenes Calderon, 1889 November 8
- Call Number:
- MSS 3
- Holdings:
- [Request]
- Creator:
- Millais, John Everett, 1829–1896
- Title(s):
- Letter to Philip Hermogenes Calderon
- Date:
- 1889 November 8
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Series:
- Series I: John Everett Millais to Philip Hermogenes Calderon
- Part of Collection:
- 1, folder 4
- Provenance:
- Acquired October 2008, Paul Mellon Fund.
- 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:
- Addressed to Calderon at the Royal Academy in Piccadilly, sent from Birnam Hall, Birnam, N.B. Discusses his being in the Council preventing him from visiting. "I have had a wonderful year...": speaks of his satisfaction with his work and desire to create more art, tempered by current melancholy about there being too many paintings in the world: "even the smallest Scotch towns are stuffed with [paintings]..." Remarks that despite his words, he is not "bilious" and in fact has never been in better health.
- 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:
- PaintersPainting, British
- Subject Period:
- 19th century
- Associated Places:
- Great Britain
- Associated People/Groups:
- Calderon, P. H. (Philip Hermogenes), 1833-1898Leighton of Stretton, Frederic Leighton, Baron, 1830-1896Millais, John Everett, 1829-1896Millais, Mary Hunt, 1860-1944Royal 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/2686
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2686?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1