Stanhope, Grosvenor Place, London [to John Gibson]

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Archive context

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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