Roe Ledgers

RA Collection: Archive

Archive context

Showing item 56 of 73 in this group

Reference code

RO

Title

Roe Ledgers

Date

1885-1947

Level

Fonds

Extent & medium

4 volumes

Previous reference codes

653

Historical Background

Fred Roe was a portrait, genre and historical painter.

Content Description

Volumes covering the whole of Roe's career. In them he lists his works, purchases, prices, dates of sittings and expenses. They also contain miscellaneous sketches and cuttings, and have been extensively annotated by F. Gordon Roe, mainly with notes about the Roe family and persons whose portraits Roe painted.

Provenance

The ledgers remained in the hands of Roe's son after his death.

Acquisition Details

Frederic Gordon Roe presented to ledgers to the Academy, Feb 1964.