D. A. Ridley, 10, Russell Street, Covent Garden, London, W.C.2., to A. R. Middleton Todd, 71, Campden St, W.8.

RA Collection: Archive

Reference code

TOD/3/5/15

Title

D. A. Ridley, 10, Russell Street, Covent Garden, London, W.C.2., to A. R. Middleton Todd, 71, Campden St, W.8.

Date

28 May 1954

Level

Item

Extent & medium

2 pieces

Content Description

The members of the New Zealand Apple & Pear Marketing Board wished to commission Middleton Todd to paint a portrait of their chairman, Harry Turner, at a suggested fee of 400 guineas. The approach had been suggested to them by Humphrey Brooke at the Royal Academy. The letter is accompanied by Middleton Todd's [undated] draft reply, declining the commission, because he had three portraits on hand during the period that Turner was in the country.