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Call Number:
MSS 30
Creator:
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792
Title(s):
Letter to Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Date:
1790 January 20
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series I: Correspondence
Part of Collection:
Box 1, folder Reynolds 25
Provenance:
Gift of Frederick W. Hilles.
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:
Presenting to him the portrait of Mrs. Sheridan as St. Cecilia, "the best picture I ever painted." Ingamells no. 191.
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:
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792
Sheridan, Elizabeth Ann, 1754-1792
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Finding Aid Title:
Joshua Reynolds Archive
Archival Object:
https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/2745
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2745?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1