W.P. Frith, 12 Park Village West, London, to T. Miller
The Academicians are meeting for an election; discusses the
British Institution exhibition as the worst he has ever seen, mentions
Pickersgill,
Stone,
Linnell,
Goodall,
Roberts,
Lee &
O'Neil; result of the election,
Creswick,
Watson-Gordon,
Grant &
Redgrave, speaks of the comparative merits of
Ward,
Poole and
Egg; complains that the "Redgrave school" are "ready and ripe for election".