Janus: Personal Papers of Jane Catherine Gamble

Girton/GCPP Gamble 3 contains:
1	Letters from Grote, Barry and Babbage
2	Letters from Herschel, Irving, Scott and Rogers
3	Notes from Carrick Moore, Essex and Abbott and Letters from Baillie, Bishop of Rochester, Porter, Booth, Bell and Bosell
4	Letters from Chantrey, Cunningham and Chalon
5	Thomas Lawrence to Mr and Mrs Dunlop
6	Leslie letters
7	Letters
8	Letters from Newton, Wilkie, Landseer and West
9	Bundle of oddments
10	Letters from foreign artists
11	Miscellaneous mementoes
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Personal Papers of Jane Catherine Gamble

Title	Leslie letters
Reference	GCPP Gamble 3/6
Creator	Leslie, Charles Robert; Leslie Robert C
Covering Dates	1832–1848
Extent and Medium	1 bundle; Paper

Content and context

James Dunlop was Charles Robert Leslie's patron from 1819 when he purchased 'Sir Roger de Coverley going to Church'.

Further information

The letters were transcribed by Dr Susan Bain in 2004 and are available as a Word document of miscellaneous letters, arranged alphabetically.

Girton/GCPP Gamble 3/6 contains:

C R Leslie to James Dunlop. Four letters to James Dunlop (three folded, sealed and franked, one without cover) all dated. The letters concern an evening meeting, Leslie's portraits of royalty, of Lord Melbourne and of Lady Fanny Cowper, also Leslie and Dunlop family news.
Creator: Leslie, Charles Robert.
4 pieces; Paper.

1832–1841

C R Leslie to Mrs Dunlop [Nora G Dunlop]. Three letters to Nora Dunlop (two folded, sealed and franked, one with envelope) all dated. The first contains a prospectus for Leslie's publication of Constable's letters and engravings and a request that Mrs Dunlop subscribe. The second also concerns the Constable book and a memorial stone at Kensal Green. The last is a long letter re a dinner at the Guildhall and a request from JCG for recommended reading matter.
Creator: Leslie, Charles Robert.
5 pieces; Paper.

1842–1843

C R Leslie to JCG. Seven letters to Jane Catherine Gamble (3 folded, sealed and franked, three with envelopes and one without cover). All but one are dated or can be dated from the frank. The letters concern news of family and mutual friends (the Chalons, Washington Irving), Leslie's work, their reading (Pope, Byron, Homer), theatre trips etc., and an invitation to dine with Charles Dickens and his wife.
Creator: Leslie, Charles Robert.
10 pieces; Paper.

1842–1848

C R Leslie to William Seguier. Letter (folded, sealed, franked) 13 May 1833 about an exhibition Seguier is organising of works of the 'three Presidents' and James Dunlop's willingness to loan his paintings by Mr West [Benjamin West].
Creator: Leslie, Charles Robert.
1 piece; Paper.

13 May 1833

Robert Leslie to James Dunlop Junior. Letter (with envelope) 27 October 1846, and part of another, undated. The letters concern family news and holidays, and paintings that C R Leslie and Robert are undertaking. There are sketches in both letters.
Creator: Leslie, Robert C.
4 pieces; Paper.

27 October 1846