Zone d'identification
Cote
HOUG/E/M/2/5
Titre
Letter from Friedrich Althaus to Lord Houghton
Date(s)
- 1 Feb. 1865 (Production)
Niveau de description
Pièce
Étendue matérielle et support
2 ff.
Zone du contexte
Nom du producteur
Histoire archivistique
Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
5 South Bank, Regents Park, London. - Dismissal from the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, due to budget cuts which now threaten others; was appointed German master; outlines strict conditions of service; complied at some personal cost in the belief that appointment was permanent; now has a family and no prospect of a Civil Service pension; can Houghton help him gain compensation; his catalogue of historical portraits at Buckingham Palace; influential friends.