T. L. Parker to the President and Council | Archives | RA Collection

Archive context

Royal Academy of Arts Archive
1. Royal Academy of Arts, official archive
  1. Records of the Secretary
    1. Secretary's correspondence
      1. Correspondence from Thomas Lister Parker, William Henry Betty and John Opie, RA, relating to the exhibition of portraits of Master Betty by Opie and

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Reference code

RAA/SEC/2/27/16

Title

T. L. Parker to the President and Council

Date

16 Apr 1805

Level

Item

Extent & medium

2pp.

Previous reference codes

1197

Content Description

Providing further details of contacts between himself, W. H. Betty and John Opie about Opie's portrait of Master Betty and its submission to the Exhibition, and requesting that, as the Council had refused to deliver up the painting, they would at least not exhibit it until Parker had obtained the necessary legal authority for its return.