Papers relating to the RA and the summer exhibition

RA Collection: Archive

Reference code

RAA/SEC/17/32

Title

Papers relating to the RA and the summer exhibition

Date

1930

Level

File

Extent & medium

1 file

Previous reference codes

519 A-B

Historical Background

The second of these papers constitutes the text of a broadcast talk by Sir Francis Newbolt made on 2 July 1930, in response to an attack made on the summer exhibition by Harold Nicholson, for which Lord Reith issued an unreserved apology on behalf of the BBC governors. The first paper may be a preparatory draft of information for the same talk.

Content Description

Copy of typescript of paper entitled "The Royal Academy and its Exhibition", explaining the workings of the RA and the summer exhibition, May 1930; and copy of typescript of differently-worded paper entitled "The Royal Academy and its Exhibition, June 1930.

Associated Material

Reith's letter: RAA/SEC/6/41/1.