[Rugby School; Pre-Raphaelite] Autograph Letter Signed "F Temple", Headmaster, to [John Lucas] Tupper, obscure member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.

Author: 
Frederick Temple, Headmaster Rugby School [later Archbishop of Canterbury].
Publication details: 
Embossed "Oxford & Cambridge Club". Written, "Rugby", 7 Feb. 1865.
£150.00
SKU: 16089

Three pages (expansive hand), 12mo, fold mark, good condition. "Ihave decided on offering you our Drawing Mastership. | The salary will be half a guninea for every Boy in the School not on the Foundation up to a maximum of 160 guineas. | The boys have steadily exceeded 320, not on the Foundation, for years. But [...] is our rule of payment in all cases. | I should be glad if you could come in about a month."