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Call Number:
MSS 22
Holdings:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Creator:
Bell, John, 1811–1895
Title(s):
John Bell letter to Richard Redgrave
Date:
1849 September 15
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Part of Collection:
Box 1, folder 9
Provenance:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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:
Bell is glad to hear the good news about Townsend [perhaps Henry J. Townsend]. Bell is "grieved" to hear about the death of Esterling and claims his death is a great loss for "the school for he would, in [his] opinion, have become an excellent worker in metal." Bell hopes that Redgrave will not lose any more "scholars by the epidemic." Bell offers his "kind regards" to Deverell. Bell comments that Mr. Sulivan is "taking a house" in Kensington "large enough for all of us" and so Bell will "let his house." Bell is happy that "Cope" is better [possibly Charles West Cope], and would like to "hear of the proceedings" about Cole [Henry Cole]. Bell remarks upon the "prevalence of sickness in Middlesex" which prevents his return, and that Mr. Sulivan will travel to Tweed. Bell has been "exploring" a picturesque river and describes Tomperan as having "enough most varied and charming scenes to supply a Prussian with subjects for his life." Bell hopes that Redgrave has sent "pictures" to Norwich. He remarks that London must be quiet due to the "sickness."
Additional Notes:
Addressed from: Tomperan […] Perthshire
Physical Description:
2 sheet (8 page) : autograph letter, signed ; 18.5 x 22.5 cm folded to 18.5 x 11.25 cm
Genre:
Correspondence
Subject Terms:
Artists
Etchers
Painters
Painting
Women painters
Associated Places:
Great Britain
Associated People/Groups:
Boughton, George Henry, 1834-1905
Chalon, Alfred Edward, 1780-1860
Cockerell, C. R. (Charles Robert), 1788-1863
Cooke, Edward William, 1811-1880
Cope, Charles West, 1811-1890
Eastlake, Charles Lock, Sir, 1793-1865
Etching Club (London, England)
Exposition universelle de Paris en 1855
Faed, Thomas, 1825-1900
Frith, William Powell, 1819-1909
Gilbert, John, 1817-1897
Goodall, Edward A.
Haden, Francis Seymour, 1818-1910
Hamerton, Philip Gilbert, 1834-1894
Holl, Francis, 1815-1884
Horsley, John Callcott, 1817-1903
Hunt, William Holman, 1827-1910
Inchbold, John William, 1830-1888
Knight, John Prescott, 1803-1881
Leighton of Stretton, Frederic Leighton, Baron, 1830-1896
Lewis, Charles George, 1808-1880
Linnell, William
Maclise, Daniel, 1806-1870
Millais, John Everett, 1829-1896
O'Neill, Henry, 1798-1880
Poynter, Edward John, 1836-1919
Redgrave, Richard, 1804-1888
Richmond, George, 1809-1896
Roberts, David, 1796-1864
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)
Scott, William Bell, 1811-1890
Smirke, Sydney, 1798-1877
Stanfield, George Clarkson
Street, George Edmund, 1824-1881
Tayler, Frederick, 1802-1889
Waterhouse, Alfred, 1830-1905
Westmacott, Richard, 1799-1872
Finding Aid Title:
Letters to Richard Redgrave
Collection PDF:
https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/11762.pdf
Archival Object:
https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/3449852
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/3449852?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1