Letter from Patrick Reyntiens to Professor Breward relating to his Doctorate (Honoris Causa) from ECA, with an enclosed speech, 19-27 June 2024
Scope and Contents
Letter from Patrick Reyntiens to Professor [Chris] Breward thanking him for the award of his honorary degree (Doctorate Honoris Causa) from the Edinburgh College of Art, dated 19 July 2015, Winterbourne Lodge, Ilminster. Reyntiens says that he has "the greatest regard for Edinburgh College of Art where [he] was for some three years just after the war".
There is also a typed copy of Reyntiens' speech at the award ceremony at the University of Edinburgh on the 27th of June 2015, originally enclosed with the letter.
Dates
- Creation: 19-27 June 2024
Creator
- Reyntiens, Patrick, 1925-2021 (British stained-glass artist) (Author, Person)
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Open. Please contact the repository in advance.
Extent
2 folios
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred from Edinburgh College of Art in the late 2010s - early 2020s. Accession no. SC-Acc-2024-0065.
Processing Information
Catalogued by Aline Brodin in May 2024.
Creator
- Reyntiens, Patrick, 1925-2021 (British stained-glass artist) (Author, Person)
Subject
- Edinburgh College of Art (1907-:) (Organization)
- Breward, Christopher, fl 2015-2020 (Director of National Museums Scotland) (Recipient, Person)
Repository Details
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