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Collection	Victorian Additional Papers
Reference	VIC/ADD/A/10/85/312
Record Type	Correspondence
Title	Notes of Becker's response to the letter from the British Minister in Madrid acknowledging receipt of the photograph of the Duke of Alba's picture, and stating that the Prince wishes to acquire the plates of photographs taken in Madrid.
Date	16 November 1858
Writer	Becker, Ernest, Dr.; Librarian to the Prince Consort
Addressee	Buchanan, Andrew; British Envoy to Madrid 1858-1860
Description	Becker acknowledges receipt of the photographs of the Duke of Alba's picture and sends the Prince's thanks to Buchanan and the Duke. He is glad that the Marquis de St Ysabel has given permission (for the photographing of the Raphaels in the Royal Museum). Becker states that the Prince wishes to acquire the plates of the photographs taken, in order to obtain permanent impressions of a tone which he likes. If the plate of the Alba photograph belongs to the photographer, the Prince would like to buy it, but if it belongs to the Duke he would not want to ask for it.
Place Of Writing	Madrid
Language	English
Extent	1 document (2 pages)
Physical Description	Loose manuscript paper; mounted
Access Conditions	Available in surrogate form only
Related Material	For related correspondence, see VIC/ADD/A/10/85/311.
Digitisation Notes	These papers are available online within 'Prince Albert: His Life and Legacy'
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