FRANCES HODGKINS PICTURE
TOTAL EXPENSES £lO5 “I am now, at last, in a position to render an account for the money collected. with the assistance of ‘The Press.’ for the purchase of the painting Pleasure Garderfc by Frances Hodgkins.” writes Mrs Margaret Frankel in a letter to the editor of “The Press.” “I wrote to the Canterbury Society of Arts on March 19, the day the subscription list closed, but it was not till May 16 that I received an official reply. The picture has now been purchased It is being framed, and as soon as this is completed it will be handed tb the city for the Robert McDougall Gallery,” says Mrs Frankel. “The expenses incurred are as follows: —price of painting, £94 10s: share of transport and other expenses. £9 5s 9d; framing, £1 10s. Total: £lO5 5s 9d.” As £ll5 2s 6d was collected, it was proposed to give the balance, £9 16s 9d. to the Canterbury University College School of Art for a Frances Hodgkins prize, said Mrs Frankel.
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Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25810, 23 May 1949, Page 3
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