Fred Leighton.
Do you know of any one who would do a life-size copy of a portrait of the Queen in robes for the sum of £100? I have been asked to inquire. It is, I believe, for Chelsea Hospital. In former days it might have been worth your while; now it no longer is, it would not pay you; but you perhaps know of some less prosperous artist who would undertake it, and who would do it well—for of course that is expected.
2 Holland Park Road,
Kensington, W.
(Postmark, Mar. 9. 82.)
I am absolutely ashamed to rob you, but you offer me the drawing so kindly that I can't possibly refuse it; I am delighted with it, only you must let me give you a little drawing some day in return. With very best thanks.
STUDY OF GROUP FOR CEILING IN MUSIC ROOM
Executed for Mr. Marquand, New York, 1886
Leighton House Collection[ToList]
FIRST SKETCH OF GROUP FOR MR. MARQUAND'S CEILING IN MUSIC ROOM, NEW YORK
Leighton House Collection[ToList]