the subject of an old friend of mine Mr Edward Pigott who is a candida[te] for the Secretaryship to the Royal Academy |
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[If] support, you will personally oblige,
Wilkie Collins
Thomas Faed Eqre RA |
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NOTES
This scrap is stuck firmly to a card. The reading of the front page is
done using computer enhancement of the image that shows through.
Thomas Faed RA HRSA (1826-1900) was a Scottish painter of domestic genre and Highland scenes.
Collins lobbied several people to support Pigott's bid for the job but was unsuccessful.