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Call Number:
MSS 30
Creator:
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792
Title(s):
Letter to Bishop Percy
Date:
1790 March 13
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series I: Correspondence
Part of Collection:
Box 1, folder Reynolds 28
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:
Written from Leicester Fields. A brief note accompanying Boswell's letter of the day before, mentioning his failing eyesight. Verso: Clipping of a short biography of Reynolds. With a stipple engraving of Reynolds by H. Meyer, after M. Haughton (from the original painted by Reynolds himself). Ingamells no. 198.
Physical Description:
1 page ; 30 x 24 cm.
Genre:
Engravings (prints), 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:
Haughton, Moses, 1773-1849
Meyer, Henry, 1782?-1847
Percy, Thomas, 1729-1811
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792
Finding Aid Title:
Joshua Reynolds Archive
Archival Object:
https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/2748
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2748?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1