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RAA/SEC/4/126 Correspondence from Gilbert Spencer, RA 1932-1950
                                        >RAA/SEC/4/126/3 Gilbert Spencer, The Cottage, Upper Basildon, Berks., to the Secretary 31 May 1938
Reference CodeRAA/SEC/4/126/3
LevelItem
TitleGilbert Spencer, The Cottage, Upper Basildon, Berks., to the Secretary
Date31 May 1938
Extent & Medium4pp.
Previous Reference Codes602, RAC 1, SP 5
Content DescriptionGilbert replies to a letter from the Secretary: the three pictures now being exhibited at the RA had previously been exhibited at Messrs Tooth and Sons, New Bond Street; he was aware of rule [precluding the submission of previously exhibited work] at the time he submitted the paintings; he had very ample evidence that the rule was not being stringently enforced by the RA; and he details his objections to rule, while acknowledging that he had broken it.