Reference code
COW/2/19
Title
Frank [Cadogan Cowper], 38 Barrow Hill Road, St. John's Wood, to his mother
Date
29 Apr 1907
Level
Item
Extent & medium
1 piece, 1 envelope
Content Description
He went to the
Royal Academy varnishing day. His picture
The Nun's is hung in spot recently occupied by
Sargent's large portrait groups. The success of the picture is overwhelming.
Abbey says it is the most talked about picture in the Academy,
Seymour Lucas said that soon he "would be one of us". Barratt told him that
Tadema and
Dicksee had put his name down as a candidate for Associateship.
Associated Material
F.C. Cowper, How the Devil, disguised as a vagrant troubadour, having been entertained by some charitable nuns, sang to them a song of love, Priv. Coll.