Gower, C., Dr., Letter to Mr. Smith, undated
- Call Number:
- MSS 10
- Holdings:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
- Creator:
- Gower, C., Dr.
- Title(s):
- Letter to Mr. Smith.
- Date:
- undated
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Part of Collection:
- 1-222
- Provenance:
- Paul Mellon Fund, June 2006.
- 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:
- Telling Mr. Smith that Mr. Haslam, apothecary at Bethle Hospital, will allow him to visit the patients there 'in a private manner' so he can draw them. The visit '...will give you a thorough knowledge of character, and enable you to give a justness to the sketches you may draw...be sure you pocket your pencil...The Imperial King [an inmate] is a fine study, and will make an excellent picture...'. Sunday.
- Physical Description:
- 1 page ; 23 x 18.5 cm.
- Genre:
- Correspondence , Portraits, Engravings (prints), Extra-illustrated copies (Provenance), and Letters
- Subject Terms:
- ArtistsCollectors and collectingSculptorsSculptureWills
- Associated Places:
- Great Britain
- Associated People/Groups:
- Bethlem Royal Hospital (London, England)
- Finding Aid Title:
- Extra-illustrated Life of Nollekens
- Collection PDF:
- https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/3.pdf
- Archival Object:
- https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/571
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/571?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1