Correspondence relating to the donation of the picture 'Faith, Hope and Charity' by Mrs Fletcher to the Guildhall, Bath

Reference Number
BC/6/9/1/2/29
Level of Description
Item
Title
Correspondence relating to the donation of the picture 'Faith, Hope and Charity' by Mrs Fletcher to the Guildhall, Bath
Date
21 Nov 1898-21 Jan 1902
Extent
Extent: 4 items
Description
Including the letter from Mrs Fletcher of The Grange, Weston Park, Bath, offering the picture to Major Simpson, Mayor of Bath together with Simpson's letter to the Town Clerk; and two letters from Adam Thring, addressed to Benjamin H. Watts, regarding the deed of covenant providing ownership by the Guildhall of the picture. The painting, also known as Allegory of the Theological Virtues, is attributed to the Flemish painter Thomas Willeboirts (1614-1654) and is in the Victoria Art Gallery, Bath.
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