Reference code
TOD/3/3/10
Title
E. P. Weller, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, to A. R. Middleton Todd, 71, Campden Street, London, W.8
Date
22 Jan 1957
Level
Item
Extent & medium
2 pieces, with envelope.
Content Description
Letter from the bursar of the college offering Middleton Todd a commission to paint a portrait in oils of the president,
Professor Sir Ronald Fisher. The letter is accompanied by Middleton Todd's draft reply, dated 26 January 1957, in which he accepts the commission, and states that his usual fee for such a portrait is 500 guineas. There is a further draft letter on the reverse, to
[John] Skeaping, thanking him for his AGBI letter, and wishing him joy of his stewardship.