Alexander Hardinge, Buckingham Palace, to Sir Edwin Lutyens

RA Collection: Archive

Reference code

RAA/SEC/4/74/16

Title

Alexander Hardinge, Buckingham Palace, to Sir Edwin Lutyens

Date

01 Feb 1940

Level

Item

Extent & medium

1p.

Previous reference codes

602, RAC 1, JO 16

Content Description

Hardinge informs Lutyens of the King's approval for the proposal to re-instate Augustus John as an Academician. The King had been much interested in the details provided to him of a similar incident involving Sir Joshua Reynolds in 1790.