Horsley, John Callcott, 1817-1903, John Callcott Horsley letter to Richard Redgrave, 1879 August 15
- Call Number:
- MSS 22
- Creator:
- Horsley, John Callcott, 1817-1903
- Title(s):
- John Callcott Horsley letter to Richard Redgrave
- Date:
- 1879 August 15
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Part of Collection:
- Box 2, folder 66
- Provenance:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- 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:
- “My Dear Redgrave, In a very rash moment, after repeated solicitation, I consented this year to be a member of the Council of the Art Section of the Association for the Formation of Social Science & in “a quite too artfully” fearful fit of temporary aberration consented to give and address at the meeting of the said association at M’chester in October next!! – My theme is chiefly the consideration of “Amateurs influence upon Art [prospects?]”!! I dare say I shall be bothering you now and then with queries as I have already done about Turner and Ruskin, but what immediately occurs to me is to ask whether or not you would agree in saying that Wells, Vernon, & Sheepshanks were men who did their own work as collectors, who as a rule had nothing to do with dealers (alias ‘Picture Merchants’) & who when once they had bought pictures rarely if ever parted with them—I am sure this latter fact would strictly apply to dear old Sheepy & I think to the others I have named—just write me a few words in answer as soon as you can – I am […] some of my fortnight’s stay in this wonderful place (with wife, gals & Gerald) by cutting through the brunt of my burdensome burden—Howls are heard at me for not […] expedition to the ‘everlasting hills’ I can no more. Kindest regards to all yours. J.C. Horsley.”
- Additional Notes:
- Printed letterhead: Cragside, Rothbury
- Physical Description:
- 1 sheet (4 page) : 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
- Archival Object:
- https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/3450052
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/3450052?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1