Letter to Alfred C. de Rothschild Esq.

Thanking him for sending a telegram last Thursday to explain the cause of
his absence from the Board Meeting the day before and informing him that
nothing of much importance occurred, beyond a claim made by the executors
of the late Mrs Lyne-Stephens for costs incurred in housing pictures
bequeathed to the Gallery and stating that several pictures offered for
sale were submitted but none were purchased.