Reference code
CL/1/112
Title
H.H. Johnston, 27 Chester Terrace, Regent's Park, NW, to Clausen
Date
25 Sep 1903
Level
Item
Extent & medium
1 piece
Content Description
He appreciates the sympathy of a brother painter. Rochester has an unshakable Tory majority, shored up by beer and bribery, "but I am rather fond of storming strongholds---Arab or Conservative!". He is still keen to gain a seat in Parliament, in order to promote British art, ideally he wants St. John's Wood. The election has made him poor, but he is sick of public mismanagement.