SARGENT John Singer (1856-1925) Lot n° 37

L.A.S. "John S. Sargent," Chelsea, March 2, 1907, to Henry B. WHEATLEY, Assistant Secretary [of the Royal Society of Arts]; 2 pages in-8 at his address; in English. He is very honoured by the request of the committee of the Applied Art Section to take over the direction of the next conference, and regrets that he cannot accept, on the ground that he has no experience in such a position, nor qualifications....