Roberts, David, 1796-1864, David Roberts letter to Richard Redgrave, 1853 April 7th
- Call Number:
- MSS 22
- Creator:
- Roberts, David, 1796-1864
- Title(s):
- David Roberts letter to Richard Redgrave
- Date:
- 1853 April 7th
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Part of Collection:
- Box 2, folder 101
- 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:
- "Private. My Dear Redgrave, For[?] the cause of a woman what will a man not dare! & that woman not only a painteress[?] but a poetress[?] as well, pray look at the enclosed , & think of Muss Gluin[?] as Cleopatra[?] - Poor Kidd, has sent a Picture as it may save him from starvation. Its not [...] it out. Macnee of Glasgow has also sent [...] portraits - But I consider that he has hitherto stood so well - that they will take care of themselves - One more & I am done. There is a charming Head of a very beautiful woman in coloured crayons - by [...] - who has begged me to plead for him, & knowing your anxious desire to do not only what is right - but what is kindly - must permit[?] my taking this freedom. Ever truly yours, David Roberts."
- Additional Notes:
- Addressed from: 7 Fitzroy Square.
- Physical Description:
- 1 sheet (1 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/3450156
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/3450156?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1