Frank P. Leslie letter to Philip Leslie Hale

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Object Details

Creator

Leslie, Frank P., 1875 or 1876-

Hale, Philip Leslie, 1865-1931

Place of publication, production, or execution

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Physical Description

Letter : 1 folded sheet : handwritten ; 18 x 22 cm.

Summary

Leslie writes to Hale asking him to no longer hire his wife, Ida Marrah, as a model to "stop the down-ward path of an erring wife." Hale's handwritten notation at the top of the letter reads "Erring Wife."
Letter is dated April 20. Year based on 1910 census which lists Leslie as living at 35 Monument Ave., and Massachusetts marriage records which give the date of Leslie's marriage to Marrah as 1905.

Citation

Frank P. Leslie. Frank P. Leslie letter to Philip Leslie Hale, 191-?. Philip Leslie Hale papers, 1818-1962. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Use Note

Current copyright status is undetermined

Location Note

Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560

Date

191-?

Record number

(DSI-AAA)15860

Type

Correspondence

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Philip Leslie Hale papers, 1818-1962, bulk 1877-1939

Data Source

Archives of American Art

Topic

Artists' models

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

AAADCD_item_15860