RefNo | ACS/1/2/2/754 |
AltRefNo | 832 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter from [Alan Archibald Campbell] Swinton, to P. F. Rowell [Esquire] |
Creator | Swinton; Alan Archibald Campbell (1863-1930); British electrical engineer |
Date | 8 November 1927 |
Description | Acknowledges receipt of previous letter. Notices that he used the word "replica portrait", explaining that the word "replica" should be carefully used as amongst artists, the word is employed to mean a copy made by the original artist himself. The preferred term is "copy", "facsimile", or "reproduction", explaining they have got themselved into trouble with Sir William Orpen, painter of the portrait of John Ambrose Fleming. |
Extent | 1p |
Format | Typescript |
PhysicalDescription | Carbon |
AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA7145 | Fleming; Sir; John Ambrose (1849 - 1945); electrical engineer and university teacher | 1849 - 1945 |
NA8285 | Swinton; Alan Archibald Campbell (1863 - 1930); electrical engineer | 1863 - 1930 |