<< YCBA Home Yale Center for British Art Yale Center for British Art << YCBA Home

YCBA Collections Search

Call Number:
MSS 30
Holdings:
[Request]
Creator:
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Title(s):
Letter to Cunynham at Lille
Date:
1785 November 25
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series I: Correspondence
Part of Collection:
Box 1, folder Reynolds 16
Provenance:
Gift of Frederick W. Hilles.
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 from London. Concerning two paintings by Rubens which Reynolds wishes to buy. Addressed to "Monsieur Cunynham, at Lille." Ingamells no. 146. Ingamells identifies the recipient as possibly William Burton Conyngham (1733-1796); previously identified as Edmund Francis Cunningham.
Physical Description:
3 pages ; 24 x 19 cm.
Genre:
Correspondence , Commonplace books, Diaries, Letters, and Notebooks
Subject Terms:
Description and travel
Painting, European
Associated Places:
Antwerp (Belgium)
Belgium
Brussels (Belgium)
Germany
Netherlands
Paris (France)
Rotterdam (Netherlands)
Associated People/Groups:
Conyngham, William Burton, 1732 or 3-1796
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792
Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640
Finding Aid Title:
Joshua Reynolds Archive
Collection PDF:
https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/18.pdf
Archival Object:
https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/2735
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2735?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1