Reference code
RAA/SEC/2/20/1
Title
Brooke Boothby, Paris, to Sir Joshua Reynolds, Leicester Fields, London
Date
26 Jan 1788
Level
Item
Extent & medium
2pp.
Previous reference codes
B XX 1, 1033
Historical Background
Letter read before Council, 4 February 1788, and permission granted.
Content Description
Boothby recommends the works of the French artist
David and states that the artist was keen to exhibit either his 'Horatii' or his 'Death of Socrates' at the next exhibition.