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VICADD7 - Additional Papers of the Prince Consort
- 11 - Correspondence concerning the Prince Consort's collection of engravings and photographs of the paintings and drawings of Raphael
  - 2 - Raphael correspondence; France, Italy & Spain; 1856-1863

Collection	Victorian Additional Papers
Reference	VIC/ADD/A/10/85/317
Record Type	Correspondence
Title	Letter from the photographer Charles Clifford to the British Minister in Madrid reporting that he has photographed the pictures [in the Royal Museum in Madrid] and will send the plates and photographs to the Embassy shortly.
Date	[5 December 1858]
Writer	Clifford, Charles; photographer
Addressee	Buchanan, Andrew; British Envoy to Spain 1858-1860
Description	Clifford reports that he has spent two days photographing the three pictures [in the Royal Museum] as requested. They are very 'unphotographic' because of the colours, the varnish and 'the indispensable strong yellow tinge of age', but he thinks his photographs very successful nonetheless. The Director was polite and cooperative but watched him closely as if the photography were merely the first step towards 'an invasion...for the purpose of carrying them off, in imitation of our neighbours'. Clifford remarks that the Spaniards do not understand photography for art's sake; they think people are after the nation's riches. He states that he will send the prints and the plates to Buchanan and that he has received 'the other glass' [the plate of the photograph taken of the Duke of Alba's Raphael portrait].
Language	English
Extent	1 document (4 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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