BIB_ID
300544
Accession number
MA 1063.96
Creator
Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769-1830.
Display Date
1829 May 8.
Credit line
Gift of J.P. Morgan, Jr., 1928.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 17.5 cm
Notes
Marked "Private."
Part of a large collection of letters from Sir Thomas Lawrence to the Irish politician and writer J. W. Croker. Letters have been described individually; see collection-level record for MA 1063 for more information.
Written from Russell Square.
Part of a large collection of letters from Sir Thomas Lawrence to the Irish politician and writer J. W. Croker. Letters have been described individually; see collection-level record for MA 1063 for more information.
Written from Russell Square.
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr., from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co in 1928; gift of J.P. Morgan, Jr. in 1928.
Summary
Reporting that the average of the last ten years the annual receipts of the exhibition at the Royal Academy have been £5417, and that expenses averaged at £1400. Noting that around 70,000 people visit the exhibition during the 10 weeks in which it is usually kept open. Regretting that he will not be able to call on Mrs. Croker on the 13th.
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