Smirke, Sydney, 1798–1877, Sydney Smirke letter to Richard Redgrave, 1873 August 7
- Call Number:
- MSS 22
- Holdings:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
- Creator:
- Smirke, Sydney, 1798–1877
- Title(s):
- Sydney Smirke letter to Richard Redgrave
- Date:
- 1873 August 7
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Part of Collection:
- Box 2, folder 107
- 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:
- "Dear Sir, I hope you will attend the General Assembly tomorrow for I place great reliance on your love of fair play. You have often said that, without defending the appointment of an officer to be its architect, you considered my conduct in that capacity as just and honourable; I hope you will take occasion to repeat that opinion. I have no desire to remain in my office and shall tomorrow practically resign it - nor can I find any pleasure in acting as the architect, seeing the animus that exists in some few active members. But I should value greatly a few kind words form you tomorrow. Very sincerely yours, Sydney Smirke."
- Additional Notes:
- Addressed from: Royal Academy
- Physical Description:
- 1 sheet (3 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/3450178
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/3450178?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1