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Call Number:
MSS 30
Creator:
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
Title(s):
Letter to Frances Reynolds
Date:
1783 October 1
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series I: Correspondence
Part of Collection:
Box 1, folder Reynolds 50
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:
Complaining of illness and solitude, and speaking of the comfort of having Frances Reynolds near. Mounted verso: "I have the honour to be/Sir/Your most Obedient and/most humble Servant/Howe."
Physical Description:
1 page ; 30 x 23 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:
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
Reynolds, Frances, 1729-1807
Finding Aid Title:
Joshua Reynolds Archive
Archival Object:
https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/2774
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2774?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1