Reference code
RAA/SEC/2/68/4
Title
Phoebe Hoppner, Charles Street, to John Richards
Date
24 Mar 1810
Level
Item
Extent & medium
1p.
Previous reference codes
H XXVII 2, members' files
Historical Background
Letter read at meeting of Council of 30 March 1810, after the previous meeting of 22 March had directed that the Secretary write to Mrs Hoppner to request the return of her late husband's diploma work, which had been borrowed by him "some years ago".
Content Description
Letter from Phoebe Hoppner [widow of John Hoppner] offering, in accordance with her husband's intention, to present the best of the works left by him to the Royal Academy.