O'Neil, Henry, 1817-1880, Henry O'Neil letter to Richard Redgrave, 1871
- Call Number:
- MSS 22
- Creator:
- O'Neil, Henry, 1817-1880
- Title(s):
- Henry O'Neil letter to Richard Redgrave
- Date:
- 1871
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Part of Collection:
- Box 2, folder 90
- 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:
- Marked private. O'Neil reminds Redgrave of his recommendation last year that O'Neil be in charge of the hanging for the International Exhibition. O'Neil thinks his advice should stand for this year as well and that it is better for him to take personal responsibility rather than the decision be made by a collective. O'Neil worries that he has seen "bad works exalted" and "good works blasted." O'Neil adds that he wants to go to Scotland at the end of May, hoping that the responsibilities will be finished by then. In a postscript, O'Neil adds" To mention one instance - Of two heads in water colour - by the same student - Hart fixed on the worst - appealing to the expression of the eyes- which were in mild frenzy[?] form - bad at the best - The one I liked was a really artistic work thoughtful- but no fine eyes. I strive to look for performance - and then progress as to age - I feel sure that [...] is done to the encouragement of the moderately advance and no to the leniency towards beginners - I would ever help the latter - for their [...] must reap good whatever their position."
- Physical Description:
- 1 sheet (2 pages) : autograph letter, signed ; 18.5 x 23 cm folded to 18.5 x 11.5 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/3450128
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/3450128?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1