Reference code
SA/46/12
Title
George Keate, Southampton, to [Francis Milner] Newton
Date
13 Oct [1761]
Level
Item
Extent & medium
1 piece, 1p.
Historical Background
Keate was a founder member of the Society of Artists, according to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Content Description
Acknowledging his election as a member of the Society of Artists: Keate had been out of England that summer and a long time absent from the Temple, so had only received Newton's letter three or four days previously.