Reference code
GI/1/317
Title
Stanhope, Grosvenor Place, London [to John Gibson]
Date
07 Mar 1857
Level
Item
Extent & medium
1 piece
Content Description
Asking Gibson for his views on the writer's proposal to establish a British academy of art at Rome, and requesting information about the foreign academies already in existence there, particularly the French. Stanhope also draws attention to his successful proposal the previous year for the establishment of a national gallery of portraits.
Associated Material
GI/1/317-318