Reference code
RAA/SEC/4/71/5
Title
Frank Holl, The Three Gables, Fitzjohn's Avenue, to the President and Council
Date
28 Apr 1888
Level
Item
Extent & medium
4pp.
Previous reference codes
602, RAC 1, HO 15
Historical Background
The paintings were hung in two different rooms at the Summer Exhibition. Letter read at meeting of Council of 28 April 1888, and the Secretary instructed to reply that the Council were unable to comply with his request.
Content Description
Holl requests that the positions allotted by the Hanging Committee to two portraits by him, those of
Gladstone and
Sir William Jenner, be switched, so as to give that of Gladstone more prominence.