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Call Number:
MSS 15
Holdings:
Accessible in the Study Room [Request]
Creator:
Leslie, Robert Charles, 1826–
Title(s):
Letter to Charles Robert Leslie
Date:
1845 January 22
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series III: Correspondence
Part of Collection:
1, folder 52
Provenance:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Conditions Governing Access:
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use:
Copyright Undetermined

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:
Robert writes a brief letter with news of his sea voyage, stating that he is "off the Lizard, dead wind, Falmouth Pilot aboard, can't say when we shall be in London..." Robert adds a brief postscript to indicate that his Aunt Anne will land at Portsmouth in a few days. The letter is addressed to "Charles Leslie, Esq'r RA" at 12 Pine Apple Place, Edgware, London.
Physical Description:
1 page (1 leaf) ; 25 x 20 cm. Autograph letter, signed; written in pen and brown/black ink.
Genre:
Correspondence , Pictorial works, Albums (Books), Autobiographies, Cut-paper works, Graphite drawings, Pen and ink drawings, Letters, Sketchbooks, and Watercolors (paintings)
Subject Terms:
Dance
Military uniforms
Painters
Painting
Painting, British
Panoramas
Subject Period:
19th century
Associated Places:
Great Britain
Associated People/Groups:
Leslie, Charles Robert, 1794-1859
Leslie, Robert Charles, 1826-
Finding Aid Title:
Charles Robert Leslie Collection
Collection PDF:
https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/8.pdf
Archival Object:
https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/1292
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/1292?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1