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Collection	Victorian Additional Papers
Reference	VIC/ADD/A/10/85/14, 14a
Record Type	Correspondence
Title	Letter from Sir Charles Eastlake to Colonel Charles Phipps concerning a portrait of the Marquis of Mantua attributed to Raphael by Passavant, enclosing a sketch of it.
Date	25 May 1857
Writer	Eastlake, Charles, Sir; Director of the National Gallery
Addressee	Phipps, Charles, Col. Hon.; Keeper of the Privy Purse
Description	(14) Eastlake says that he is writing to Phipps in the absence of Dr. Becker. He has traced the portrait of the Marquis of Mantua mentioned by Passavant as belonging to Mr Gray; it is now owned by Mr Lucy of Charlecote. It is evidently the same as the one mentioned in Charles I's catalogue. (14a) He describes the painting, which he doubts is by Raphael, and encloses a pen sketch of it indicating colours and giving approximate measurements. He adds that Dr. Waagen is staying with him and says that Mr Harzen of Hamburg is in London and ready to show the Prince Consort the drawings he is interested in.
Place Of Writing	Fitzroy House, London
Language	English
Extent	1 document (6 pages)
Physical Description	Loose manuscript papers; mounted
Access Conditions	Available in surrogate form only
Digitisation Notes	These papers are available online within 'Prince Albert: His Life and Legacy'
Level	Item

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