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RefNoMS/603/3/137
Previous numbers536
LevelItem
TitleLetter from E [Eliza] Adams, 4 Brookside, Cambridge, to [Andrew Russell] Forsyth
CreatorAdams [nee Bruce]; Eliza (1827-1919); Irish
RecipientForsyth; Andrew Russell (1858-1942); British mathematician
Date22 June 1903
DescriptionShe was glad to learn of what is to be done in memory of 'the most distinguished of men' [George Gabriel Stokes]. A £5 contribution is enclosed for the Fund. If a larger sum is to be raised than required for the Westminster Abbey medallion, then perhaps a medal prize should be established at Cambridge. The late Lady Stokes showed her a medallion by Laurence Humphry, which Lady Stokes considered the best likeness since [Albert] Bruce Joy's earlier medallion. She thinks Humphry's portrait would be an aid to the current medallion artist [Hamo Thornycroft].

With a note by A.R. Forsyth on the cheque deposit.
Extent3p.
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper.
AccessStatusOpen
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