Reference code
SP/1/40
Title
Anna Lea Merritt, The Cottage, Tite Street, Chelsea Embankment, to Spielmann
Date
29 Jun 1885
Level
Item
Extent & medium
1 piece
Content Description
She cannot approve of the limitation of pictures proposed, but certainly approves a limitation of portraits, which carry no general interest. The Academy would lose out if
Millais,
Holl,
Burne-Jones and
Leighton were limited to four pictures.