DLA007-0004  Transcription

55, REDCLIFFE ROAD,

S.W.

2nd Sept 1912

P László Esquire

Dear Sir

Would it be possible for you to consider the formation of an evening class at the London School of Art?

A number of artists of my acquaintance men as well as women fully engaged during the day by their professional work in the City and studios would very

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greatly appreciate the privilege of working under your direction one or two nights a week.

A mixed class and a draped model would easily be found – I feel sure.

Faithfully yours,

Edith M. Hinchley

(RMS)^[1]

Editorial Note:

Edith Mary Hinchley (1870 - 1940), heraldic artist and miniaturist. She studied at the Royal College of Art, graduating in 1898. In addition to her heraldic output and miniatures, Hinchley painted landscapes, portraits and undertook illustrations. A member of the Fabian Society, she was active in the Suffragette Movement.  She donated various objects and works of art to, amongst other institutions, the V&A and the British Museum. Her husband, John William Hinchley, founded the Institute of Chemical Engineering in 1922. For further biographical information, see V Irene Cockroft,

‘Edith Mary Hinchley: a forgotten woman heraldic artist’, The Heraldic Craftsman, December 2015, no. 90, pp. 8 - 13.