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Collection	Victorian Additional Papers
Reference	VIC/ADD/A/10/85/202
Record Type	Correspondence
Title	Letter from William Hookham Carpenter, the Keeper of Prints & Drawings, at the British Museum to Charles Ruland thanking him for 32 photographs of the Raphael drawings.
Date	23 October 1861
Writer	Carpenter, William Hookham; Keeper of Prints & Drawings, British Museum
Addressee	Ruland, Charles; Librarian to the Prince Consort
Description	Carpenter thanks the Prince Consort for presenting the British Museum with 32 photographs that he has had taken of the Raphael drawings in its collections, and tells Ruland that he has just bought a slight but 'certainly a true' sketch by Raphael for La Madonna della Casa d'Alba which he wishes to show him, and remarks that it differs from the related sketches belonging to the Archduke Albrecht and at Lille.
Place Of Writing	London
Language	English
Extent	1 document (2 pages)
Physical Description	Loose manuscript paper; 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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