Identity area
Reference code
GB 2830 BPL/TES/1
Title
Letters from Howard Somerville to M. T. Woodhouse
Date(s)
- 1933 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
16 Handwritten letters and 1 envelope
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Scope and content
These letters were written by the portrait painter Howard Somerville to M. T. Woodhouse a Senior Tutor at the City of Leeds Training College. They are concerned with the commission of a portrait of retiring Principal of the College, Dr. John R. Airey. Somerville had earlier been commissioned to paint the portrait of Airey's predecessor Walter Parsons. It seems Somerville as a favour to the College reduced his rates for the Airey commission.