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LevelFile
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)OJL/1/147
TitleGeorge Frampton
Extent5 items
Date1897-1898
DescriptionCorrespondence from George Frampton [1860-1928, sculptor and craftsman]. With envelope annotated in an unknown hand: 'Frampton, George - the sculptor. My wife & I stayed with them sometimes'.

/1 Letter from George Frampton to Oliver Lodge, written from 32 Queens Road, St John's Wood, dated 13 June 1897. Frampton agrees to execute the portrait of the late George Holt in bronze and invites Lodge to call at his studio.

/2 Letter from George Frampton to Oliver Lodge, written from 32 Queens Road, St John's Wood, dated 26 November 1897. Frampton plans to follow Lodge's suggestions regarding the George Holt medal and asks for further clarification about the design.

/3 Letter from George Frampton to Oliver Lodge, written from 32 Queens Road, St John's Wood, dated 26 June 1897. Frampton thanks Lodge for the photographs. He requests a copy of the arms and inscription for the George Holt medal.

/4 Letter from George Frampton to Oliver Lodge, written from 32 Queens Road, St John's Wood, dated 6 October 1897. Frampton accepts the inscription to be engraved on the George Holt medal.

/5 Letter from George Frampton to Oliver Lodge, written from 32 Queens Road, St John's Wood, dated 15 January 1898. Frampton is sorry to hear that the model has not given satisfaction. He suggests that the portrait be altered by another man or replaced with the arms of the college and of George Holt.
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