CollectionVictorian Additional Papers
ReferenceVIC/ADD/A/10/85/287
Record TypeCorrespondence
TitleLetter from William Lake Price to Dr. Ernst Becker sending him a pendant to [his] portrait of the Prince of Wales, expressing regret that he could not fulfil the Prince Consort's commission in Rome.
Date6 June [1859]
WriterPrice, William Lake; photographer
AddresseeBecker, Ernest, Dr.; Librarian to the Prince Consort
DescriptionLake Price sends Becker a pendant to [his] portrait of the Prince of Wales; he is glad to hear from Mr Mitchell that the Queen approves of it. Although a lithograph, it compares well with engravings and is popular with the public.

He regrets that he could not take the photographs desired by the Prince Consort in Rome, because Cardinal Antonelli refused to allow pictures to be moved. But he has left his apparatus in Rome in the hopes of better facilities when he returns there in October.
He adds that on his way through Paris he saw the engraving being made of [his] large group at Osborne; it will be a chef d'oeuvre such as has never been seen by the public.
Place Of WritingLondon
LanguageEnglish
Extent1 document (4 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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