Knight, John Prescott, 1803–1881, John Prescott Knight letter to Richard Redgrave including copy of Redgrave's reply to Knight, 1873 March 11
- Call Number:
- MSS 22
- Holdings:
- [Request]
- Creator:
- Knight, John Prescott, 1803–1881
- Title(s):
- John Prescott Knight letter to Richard Redgrave including copy of Redgrave's reply to Knight.
- Date:
- 1873 March 11
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Part of Collection:
- Box 2, folder 70
- 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:
- Knight writes that the President has put him in "a fake[?] and painful position - after the last general assembly he made statements to [him], which it seems were not strictly justified - the action therefore of the council on my suppose[d] intention to resign office, or of my supposed desire to be relieved from the duties of office." Knight writes that this was "altogether premature." Knight wishes Redgrave to withdraw the "question from further discussion in the council." He writes, "Acknowledging the kind intentions of the president I should wish this to be considered as a private communication." A copy of Redgrave's reply appears on an inserted sheet: "My Dear K. The action of the council arose[?] from[?] a letter of your own (partly read) to the council. I will do any thing you wish in the matter but you [...] to me to be 'considered private' and I do not know how to interfere - I should [...] your course would be to write to the President or see him - and ask him to let you withdraw the letter wholly. Yours truly R.R."
- Additional Notes:
- Addressed from: 20 James Street Buckingham Palace.
- Physical Description:
- 3 sheet (3 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
- Collection PDF:
- https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/11762.pdf
- Archival Object:
- https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/3450082
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/3450082?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1