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Nonsense Manuscript sketch at the last of a 4-page letter undated but probably circa 1880 showing the antics of seven cleaning women preparing for the opening of a new show at the Royal Academy.
bb_RoyalAcademy<b>ROYAL ACADEMY</b> Nonsense Manuscript sketch at the end of a 4-page letter undated but probably circa 1880 showing the antics of seven cleaning women preparing for the opening of a new show at the Royal Academy of Art scrubbing the various framed canvases using feather-dusters brooms cloths &c by way of provenance addressed to an artist named Cooke.<br /><br />"I just write a line to say that I am taking the liberty of telling two or three interested friends that they may go to see your pictures -- and I have given them my card that there may be no mistake. I know how full your rooms are but I could not help telling them that I was sure you wd kindly allow them to walk up pay their money & take their choice. I shall call in on Saturday with a party of about 320 grown up people 60 children and a cow. This is the penalty of your being so good natured. I hope the washing & dusting is & that Mrs Cooke won't be over-fatigued. Ever yours sincerely Arthur Church"
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