Robert Cheney, Dunrobin [to John Gibson]

RA Collection: Archive

Archive context

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Reference code

GI/1/74

Title

Robert Cheney, Dunrobin [to John Gibson]

Date

22 Sep [c.1855]

Level

Item

Extent & medium

1 piece

Content Description

Cheney asks Gibson if he would undertake a commission to produce a monument to the wife of Sir Charles Knightley. Knightley and his son were great friends of the writer, and wanted a design similar to that of his mother [Harriet Cheney.] They proposed £300, but did not impose a strict limit on the expense.

The letter bears a endorsement by Gibson detailing his charges for three figures and two angels (£370), or two figures only (£280.)