Leighton of Stretton, Frederic Leighton, Baron, 1830-1896, Letter to Philip Hermogenes Calderon, [1890 or 1891]
- Call Number:
- MSS 3
- Creator:
- Leighton of Stretton, Frederic Leighton, Baron, 1830-1896
- Title(s):
- Letter to Philip Hermogenes Calderon
- Date:
- [1890 or 1891]
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Series:
- Series II: Frederic Leighton to Philip Hermogenes Calderon
- Part of Collection:
- 1, folder 19
- Provenance:
- Acquired October 2008, 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 Archives Department.
- Scope and Content:
- Sent from 2 Holland Park Road, Kensington. Labeled "Tuesday." Leighton reports that he spoke in council "the other day about the Berlin exhibition." Also conveys the wish of the Princess for certain artists to be honorably represented and tells Calderon: "I trust that you will be able to respond and help uphold English Art." Berlin Exhibition was held in 1891, dating this letter to sometime prior or around the same time.
- Physical Description:
- Autograph letter, signed; written in pen and black ink. 2 pages (1 folded leaf) ; 18 x 23 cm.
- 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
- Archival Object:
- https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/2702
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2702?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1