, F. Leighton, to the President and Council

To the members of the Council of the
Royal Academy

Gentlemen,
We, the undersigned beg respectfully
to solicit that the summer vacation be
transferred from September & October to
August & September because the latter
months are more suitable for outdoor
studies.

Adrian Stokes, W. Redway
Janet Archer, J Arthur King
Fredk. Hardy, Reginald Barber
E. Kindon, T.E. Gaunt
W.G.G. Jackson, Eleanor Manley [?]
F. Hamilton Jackson, W.R. Symonds
Herbert Bone, Walter Horsley
Geo. F. Munn, A.E. Waterlow
Lily Linnell, E.F. Spear
Leslie Ward
J. Russell, A.G. Heaphy
Percy Maynard, W.D. Haslam
J. Forbes Robertson
Arthur Burchett, A.N. Domett
P.E. Rooke, J.C. Lawrence
E Folkard, L.C. Nightingale
E. Conolly, T.W. Garland
F.W. Kelsey
(please turn over)

, F. Leighton, to the President and Council

E.A. Green
A.C. Sealy
G Gray
Mary Godsall
M.S. Fowler
Rosa J.A. Roberwein
G.F. Roberwein
Blanche Jenkins
Florence Tiddeman
Greenwood Hunt
S.T. Mattews
Jno Watson Nicol
Arthur Smith
C J Garland
JJ Parsons
J.S. Hill
Matt Webb
C.H. Coney
Florence E Glasier
Mary S Tovey
F B Rouse
Alfred Ward
Annie Grace Fenton

F. Leighton, to the President and Council

RA Collection: Archive

Reference code

RAA/SEC/4/82/14

Title

F. Leighton, to the President and Council

Date

14 Jul [1873]

Level

Item

Extent & medium

2pp. Enclosure: 2pp.

Previous reference codes

602, RAC 1, LE 15

Historical Background

Read at meeting of Council of 15 July 1873. Agreement was given by Council, with the change to take effect from the following year.

Content Description

Leighton forwards a petition of Schools students to the Council on behalf of the Schools Committee. Enclosed: signed students' petition requesting that the summer vacation be transferred from September and October to August and September because the latter months are more suitable for outdoor studies.