William Etty, 14 Buckingham St., Strand, to Mrs. Akhurst

RA Collection: Archive

Archive context

Showing item 18 of 73 in this group

Reference code

MIS/ET/1

Title

William Etty, 14 Buckingham St., Strand, to Mrs. Akhurst

Date

20 Oct 1845

Level

Fonds

Extent & medium

1 item

Previous reference codes

641

Content Description

Although an utter stranger he writes as, having spotted her daughter while at a service in Westminster Abbey, he wishes to paint her as Joan of Arc in a historical picture he is completing. He hopes she will agree to his taking a skecth of her daughter's face. The bearer is his neice, who lives with him.

Acquisition Details

Presented by Sir Aston Webb, P.R.A., 14 Feb 1914.

Associated Material

Presented along with MIS/LAW/3.