CollectionVictorian Additional Papers
ReferenceVIC/ADD/A/10/85/74
Record TypeCorrespondence
TitleCopy letter from Dr. Ernst Becker to Henry Reveley thanking him for the prints and negative of Philip Delamotte's photograph of his Raphael drawing.
Date3 November 1859
WriterBecker, Ernst, Dr.; Librarian to the Prince Consort
AddresseeReveley, Henry; art collector
DescriptionBecker writes to thank Mr Reveley, on behalf of the Prince Consort, for six copies of Philip Delamotte's photograph of Mr Reveley's Raphael drawing, together with the negative.
He adds that HRH hopes that it will accord with Reveley's intention in presenting the negative to him, if he deposits it at the South Kensington Museum, which has already published many reproductions of Old Master drawings, so that this drawing may also be made to known to art lovers and students, and set an example to other owners of such works.
Place Of WritingWindsor Castle
LanguageEnglish
Extent1 document (2 pages)
Physical DescriptionLoose manuscript paper; mounted
Access ConditionsAvailable in surrogate form only
Digitisation NotesThese papers are available online within 'Prince Albert: His Life and Legacy'
LevelItem
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