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Call Number:
MSS 30
Holdings:
[Request]
Creator:
Adelcrantz, Carl Fredrik, 1716–1796
Title(s):
Letter to Sir Joshua Reynolds
Date:
1791 May 10
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series I: Correspondence
Part of Collection:
Box 1, folder Reynolds 32
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 Stockholm. Requesting that de Breda, now in London, be permitted to paint for the Swedish Academy a portrait of Sir Joshua Reynolds, "the most celebrated artist of this century."
Physical Description:
3 pages ; 20 x 17 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:
Adelcrantz, Carl Fredrik, 1716-1796
Breda, C. F. von (Carl Fredrik), 1759-1818
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792
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/2752
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2752?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1