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Object Type: Letter and Envelope

156 Items

December 14, 1885 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother regarding recent drawings and approval of submissions

July 12, 1886 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother describing summer activities of students and departure of Huben

January 17, 1887 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother regarding current work and hopes that mother will inform Uncle Chapman that Leigh wants to stay another year

June 20, 1887 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother regarding upcoming award which he probably will not receive and plans for trip home

May 20, 1926 | ink on paper

Letter with envelope from Leigh to Ethel Traphagan Leigh describing the killing of an eleven foot python, the acquisition of animals for Ackeley's collection, and the unsuccessful search for a plains camp site

October 1, 1926 | ink on paper

Letter with envelope from Leigh to Ethel regarding plans for paintings and studies

February 4, 1927 | ink on paper

Letter with envelope from Leigh in Nairobi to Ethel describing the replica 34"X 66" of his Congo study he is doing for the King of Belgium

June 17, 1885 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother describing conclusion of Venice trip and his return trip to Munich

December 20, 1885 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother regarding painting through Christmas and possible sales of personal art works

July 31, 1886 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother questioning how long he will be able to stay in Munich and expressing a desire to stay two winters in Loefflz's school

January 30, 1887 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother about returning home when Academy closes for summer, borrowing money to stay another year, and opening a studio

June 28, 1887 | ink on paper

Letter with envelope from Leigh to his mother regarding friends, comparing art schools, bringing home every scrap of his work as it is "sellable"

May 23, 1926 | ink on paper

Letter with envelope from Leigh in Lukenia to Ethel Traphagan Leigh containing references to friends, camp news, and to two klepsprengers watching him paint

October 10, 1926 | ink on paper

Letter with envelope from Leigh to Ethel regarding frame for King's painting and paintings for Eastman

February 7, 1927 | ink on paper

Letter with envelope from Leigh to Ethel regarding his contracting malaria

June 22, 1885 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother regarding students' life-size nude drawings and award recipients

December 28, 1885 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother regarding money and family matters

August 18, 1886 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother about being at Chiemsee Lake but wishing to be back in Munich

February 6, 1887 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother regarding borrowing money to be repaid by painting portraits and impracticality of selling his studies

July 5, 1887 | ink on paper

Letter with envelope from Leigh to his mother regarding last painting at school of nude girl, departing with Hallweg on August 6