Letter from Briton Rivière to [Sir William] Agnew

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  • Reference
      GB 345 NGA27/32/3/31
  • Dates of Creation
      18 Apr 1883
  • Language of Material
      English
  • Physical Description
      4 pages

Scope and Content

Letter (18 Apr 1883) from Briton Rivière to [Sir William] Agnew thanking him for a cheque and letter. Rivière is in Margate to ease a cold before he returns to the Royal Academy. Rivière discusses tickets and states that he is looking forward "with some terror" to the hanging [of the summer exhibition] as he believes the team to be poor. He provides his opinions on individuals Peter Graham and [Thomas] Barlow.

Named persons featured:

Rivière, Briton 1840-1920

[Agnew, Sir William, 1st Baronet 1825-1910]

Brooks, Sir William Cunliffe, 1st Baronet 1819–1900

Graham, Peter 1836-1921

[Barlow, Thomas Oldham 1824-1889]

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