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CollectionVictorian Additional Papers
ReferenceVIC/ADD/A/10/85/293
Record TypeCorrespondence
TitleLetter from Joseph Spithöver to Dr. Ernst Becker in reply to his letters, explaining his delay in answering and asking whether the Prince still wishes his commission [in Rome] to be carried out.
Date25 April 1860
WriterSpithöver, Joseph; bookseller
AddresseeBecker, Ernest, Dr; Librarian to the Prince Consort
DescriptionSpithöver acknowledges Becker's letters of 10 September (see VIC/ADDA10/85/291) and 28 February. He regrets that his reply has been lamentably slow owing to unusually unfavourable weather, Mr Anderson's illness, the need to wait for a favourable moment and for the information which 'a highly competent friend' had promised to send him, and which is in the enclosed note (possibly VIC/ADDA10/85/292). The Prince will be able to see from the enclosed note how many of the objects of which he wished to have photographs could actually be photographed. Mr Anderson is willing to do this in the summer if the Prince still wishes it.
Spithöver draws Becker's attention to a new edition of Passavant's Raphael which will come out soon and which may be very informative. He adds that the photographs of architectural subjects which the Prince commissioned are ready, and asks how they should be dispatched.
The letter was written and signed by W. Haase on Spithöver's behalf.
Place Of WritingRome
LanguageGerman
Extent1 document (4 pages)
Physical DescriptionLoose manuscript paper; mounted
Access ConditionsAvailable in surrogate form only
Related MaterialFor related correspondence, see VIC/ADD/A/10/85/291 and VIC/ADD/A/10/85/292.
Digitisation NotesThese papers are available online within 'Prince Albert: His Life and Legacy'
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