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Reference code

RAA/PC/13/18

Title

Papers relating to a conference on higher grade art instruction in London

Date

1932

Level

File

Extent & medium

2 pieces

Previous reference codes

1756

Content Description

Minutes of conference at the Board of Education, 2 November 1932, attended by Sir William Rothenstein, Principal of the Royal College of Art, a deputation from the RA, including Sir William Llewellyn, Edwin Lutyens, W. W. Russell and William McMillan, and representatives from other institutions, the London County Council and the Board of Education. The conference discussed a proposal for the interchange of students and the need for a "first rate course of instruction" in mural education. With covering letter from the Secretary of the Board of Education, Whitehall, London, S.W.1, to the Secretary of the RA, 17 November 1932.