Record

RefNoMC/5/13
LevelItem
TitleLetter from George Grove, Secretary of the Society of Arts, Adelphi, to the Secretary of the Royal Society
Date15 May 1851
DescriptionRequesting a loan of a selection of portraits belonging to the Royal Society. The Society of Arts wants to present these to the attendees of their Conversazione, held on 28 May 1851.

[Request denied by Charles Richard Weld, assistant secretary, on 16 May 1851.]
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedRecordMS/426/446
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