Walter Gilbert, 62-66 Weaman St., Birmingham, to Spielmann

RA Collection: Archive

Reference code

SP/9/7

Title

Walter Gilbert, 62-66 Weaman St., Birmingham, to Spielmann

Date

6 Sep 1924

Level

Item

Extent & medium

1 piece

Content Description

No-one will ever be in doubt that Spielmann did not know the worth of Alfred Gilbert. He thinks the suggestion to approach the Earl of Crawford would appeal to Gilbert. He thinks that if Gilbert had not been driven out it is possible that the "flaunting art of the Café Royal" would not have been countenanced. Hampton told him recently that he thought Gilbert had the most poetic imagination of any sculptor.