W.B. Richmond, 10 York Street, Portman Sq., to Thomas K. Richmond

RA Collection: Archive

Reference code

RI/1/7

Title

W.B. Richmond, 10 York Street, Portman Sq., to Thomas K. Richmond

Date

3 Apr [1861]

Level

Item

Extent & medium

1 piece

Content Description

He jokes that he is thinking of writing a small pamphlet called "What Artists do with themselves on dark days", saying both he and papa work on through the yellow fog. There is great excitement in the P.R.B. world as Millais has six pictures [ready for the Royal Academy], Cope has two.

The family is going to the Hullah's to hear Haydn's stabat mater, over one hundred people will be there including C.F., so he can't go. He worries how mama will behave to her.