Edificios

Autograph Letter Signed 'Ed G. Paley' to an unnamed sculptor providing a piece for a niche in the Storey Institute Lancaster.

ref. 8163 — 26 February 1890; Lancaster. 12mo bifolium: 2 pp. Text clear and complete. On aged spotted and lightly-creased paper. Relates to the Lancaster landmark the Storey Institute designed by Paley and his partner Hubert James Austin 1841-1915 for Sir Thomas Storey built on the site of the old Mechanics' Institute and opened in 1891. It now houses the Storey Art Gallery. Paley states that his firm 'will put the work in hand for the completion of niche of the Storey Institute & when this is finished in say a month we shall be glad to have the marble group down'. The sculpture 'will have to be taken through the corridor floor leading to the large room & this floor being constructed of iron & concrete we shall be anxious to get on with but cannot do it until the marble group has been got into its place'. If the recipient is 'coming Northwards it will be well to see the building & consider how the group may be best got to its resting place in the Niche'. 26 February 1890; Lancaster. unknown