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Reference code
FRAZ/28/38-41
Title
Four letters from Charles Aitken of the National Gallery of British Art to Lady Frazer
Date(s)
- Oct.-Nov. 1925 (Creation)
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4 items
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Scope and content
National Gallery, British Art, Millbank, S.W. - Letters discussing the acquisition of the original plaster bust of J. G. F.: on 26 Oct. Aitken suggests that he get the model from Manchester to show the Trustees; on 4 Nov. he tells Lady Frazer that Mr Hayward will send the bust, but does not mention insurance; on 26 Nov. the Board has officially decided to accept the bust for the Modern Foreign Gallery; on 27 Nov. he would be pleased to show them around but they must know there is much redecoration being done at the moment.