W.P. Frith, Bayswater, to T. Miller

RA Collection: Archive

Archive context

Showing item 12 of 19 in this group

Reference code

236/45/12

Title

W.P. Frith, Bayswater, to T. Miller

Date

25 Feb 1855

Level

Item

Extent & medium

1 piece

Content Description

Obliged for the loan of the Ramsgate; would like to know Miller's opinion of Ward's "Byron"; looks forward to the next Academy election, in which Ward is a candidate; Birch's sale was a source of astonishment, wonders at the increasing popularity of modern art; received four commissions in a day; discusses a sketch, seen by Egg, offered to Newsham, unless asked for by the Queen, discusses Royal commissions; news of Egg & Webster; has read Etty's 'Life'.