BIB_ID
425271
Accession number
WV 64
Creator
Watts, George Frederick, 1817-1904, sender.
Display Date
London, England, 1862 July 14.
Credit line
Promised gift of William M. Voelkle.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 18.5 x 11.4 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Dear Lady Ashburton."
Signed "G.F. Watts."
Signed "G.F. Watts."
Provenance
Purchased from John Alan Walker; William M. Voelkle.
Summary
Expressing his pain in not being able to do what she asks, but he is not painting portraits for at least a year or two; saying that he needs to give his time to the subject paintings that he has promised himself that he would paint; giving his reasons why he decided to stop painting portraits and focus on other subjects.
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