Letter from Arthur Rackham to Helen Allingham, February 8, 1910

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library
2023-09-18T16:26:21Z

One letter from English book illustrator Arthur Rackham to Helen Allingham, regarding candidates for the Royal Watercolor Society. Rackham writes his and Helen's letters should be published into a book. Rackham discusses present day art's faults and virtues, and mentions contemporary artists Annie Swynnerton and Whistler. Rackham compares the Royal Watercolor Society (RWS) and the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolor (RI). He mentions the upcoming election, and how many current members are away such as Sargent, whose opinions he would have enjoyed hearing. The letter's paper contains a watermark for Handmade W. King, for the company Spicer & Co.