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Call Number:
MSS 3
Holdings:
[Request]
Creator:
Millais, John Everett, 1829–1896
Title(s):
Letter to Philip Hermogenes Calderon
Date:
1896 June 23
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series I: John Everett Millais to Philip Hermogenes Calderon
Part of Collection:
1, folder 14
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:
Written by Mary Hunt Millais on behalf of her father. Sent from 2 Palace Gate, Kensington. Mary remarks that her father sends a message that he wrote on a slate. She says that he is a "little better" and would like to see Calderon. Writes that he is "getting used to the tube" (from his tracheotomy) and has no pain. Millais's message is written on black-bordered paper (while Mary's is not), although the border is thinner than with his previous letters, suggesting that he has come out of deepest mourning. Millais's message concerns Calderon's speech-making abilities. Discusses the dean's difficulty with a monument on a wall (perhaps to Leighton) and remarks that his throat is constantly uncomfortable.
Physical Description:
Autograph letter, signed; written in pen and black ink. 4 pages (2 folded leaves) ; 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/2696
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2696?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1