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Object Type: Letter and Envelope

156 Items

June 20, 1926 | ink on paper

Letter with envelope from Leigh to Ethel Traphagen Leigh describing the Samburu, passing caravans, the Eastman group, and finishing water hole study

November 3, 1926 | ink on paper

Letter with envelope from Leigh to Ethel describing "a place where the White Fathers hold sway"

March 15, 1885 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother regarding attending church and music in the square afterwards

August 2, 1885 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother informing her that he is in Chiemsee

March 13, 1886 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother regarding painting and work on nude figure

September 20, 1886 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother describing Planegg, local artists, and his need for money

March 13, 1887 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother regarding holiday for Prince Regent's birthday, seeing Carmen, and nude male models in school

January 8, 1889 | ink on paper

Letter with envelope from Leigh to his mother advising her not to pay attention to criticisms of his work, he will try to get into Composition School

July 8, 1926 | ink on paper

Letter with envelope from Leigh to Ethel describing difficulties, his painting of Mt. Kenya and adventures into the swamp

November 10, 1926 | ink on paper

Letter with envelope from Leigh to Ethel describing trip on the grail, work of porters, wildlife and countryside

March 22, 1885 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother regarding trip to Venice

August 9, 1885 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother regarding sketching and painting at Chiemsee

March 25, 1886 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother about plays seen and fight between Germans and Greeks

September 27, 1886 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother regarding her letter to Uncle Chapman

March 20, 1887 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother making comments about Meyer and Schencka

June 11, 1889 | ink on paper

Letter with envelope from Leigh in Bayerischzell to his mother in West Virginia regarding his trip up into the mountains

March 25, 1926 | ink on paper

Letter with envelope from Leigh in Nairobi, Kenya Colony to Ethel Traphagen Leigh, New York, reporting incidents on ship, arrival at Mombasa and Nairobi, and impressions of both cities

July 21, 1926 | ink on paper

Letter with envelope from Leigh to Ethel describing Ackley's plan to join Eastman group while he goes to Lake Nevosha

November 17 - 22, 1926 | ink on paper

Letter with envelope from Leigh in Uganda to Ethel in New York regarding a fruitless hike up a mountain and the death and burial of Mr. Akeley

March 29, 1885 | ink on paper

Letter and envelope from Leigh to his mother regarding trip to Venice and rail to Innsbruck, Brenner Pass, and Verona