Cooke, Edward William, 1811–1880, Edward William Cooke letter to Richard Redgrave, undated
- Call Number:
- MSS 22
- Holdings:
- [Request]
- Creator:
- Cooke, Edward William, 1811–1880
- Title(s):
- Edward William Cooke letter to Richard Redgrave
- Date:
- undated
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Part of Collection:
- Box 1, folder 20
- Provenance:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Conditions Governing Access:
- The materials are open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use:
- Copyright UndeterminedThe 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:
- "My dear Reddy, I saw the announcement of the Royal Artillerymen just after my note was dispatched to you. I must say it is rather surprising that some of the great guns should still be […]. I felt confident that our good friend Cope would have been […] (not killed) from the strife & [...]. Surely "Pretty Painting" cannot be preferred to the thoughts, fine drawing, sound judgement & arduous study exhibited in such works as Cope's - However, this is entre nous - of next year I must not dare to be so bold as to question the decision of the 'Council of ten[?]" as you will be one of the red <emph render="underline">grave</emph> judges - But for a few months to come I may consider you my appointee[?] you will want a [...] Ah you happy fellow - I had to wait twelve months for my flitch whilst you bear it away triumphantly at once - as I am ever thinking of you - the enclosed caught my eye - which if you have not already seen may prove useful to you. I do not mean the 'chinny[?] cure' no- please to see the other side - [letter continues with apparently friendly personal matters.]
- Physical Description:
- 1 sheet (4 pages) : autograph letter, signed ; 18 x 22 cm folded to 18 x 11 cm
- Genre:
- Correspondence
- Subject Terms:
- ArtistsEtchersPaintersPaintingWomen painters
- Associated Places:
- Great Britain
- Associated People/Groups:
- Boughton, George Henry, 1834-1905Chalon, Alfred Edward, 1780-1860Cockerell, C. R. (Charles Robert), 1788-1863Cooke, Edward William, 1811-1880Cope, Charles West, 1811-1890Eastlake, Charles Lock, Sir, 1793-1865Etching Club (London, England)Exposition universelle de Paris en 1855Faed, Thomas, 1825-1900Frith, William Powell, 1819-1909Gilbert, John, 1817-1897Goodall, Edward A.Haden, Francis Seymour, 1818-1910Hamerton, Philip Gilbert, 1834-1894Holl, Francis, 1815-1884Horsley, John Callcott, 1817-1903Hunt, William Holman, 1827-1910Inchbold, John William, 1830-1888Knight, John Prescott, 1803-1881Leighton of Stretton, Frederic Leighton, Baron, 1830-1896Lewis, Charles George, 1808-1880Linnell, WilliamMaclise, Daniel, 1806-1870Millais, John Everett, 1829-1896O'Neill, Henry, 1798-1880Poynter, Edward John, 1836-1919Redgrave, Richard, 1804-1888Richmond, George, 1809-1896Roberts, David, 1796-1864Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)Scott, William Bell, 1811-1890Smirke, Sydney, 1798-1877Stanfield, George ClarksonStreet, George Edmund, 1824-1881Tayler, Frederick, 1802-1889Waterhouse, Alfred, 1830-1905Westmacott, 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/3449896
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/3449896?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1