Reference code
RAA/SEC/2/5/6
Title
Thomas Banks, Newman Street, to the President and Council
Date
10 Jul 1797
Level
Item
Extent & medium
1p.
Previous reference codes
B XVI 1, 1042 (members' files)
Historical Background
Read at meeting of Council of 10 July 1797 and the proposal to donate "so valuable a present" welcomed by the Council.
Content Description
The letter relates to the cast of an antique statue entitled 'Apollo Saurotene', or 'Apollo the Lizard Slayer', which Benjamin Blackden, of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, wished to present to the Royal Academy.