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Collection	Victorian Additional Papers
Reference	VIC/ADD/A/10/85/343
Record Type	Correspondence
Title	Letter from Sir Charles Eastlake to Dr. Ernst Becker enclosing a note listing drawings [by Raphael] in the sale of the Esdaile collection in 1840.
Date	16 February 1857
Writer	Eastlake, Charles, Sir
Addressee	Becker, Ernest, Dr.; Librarian to the Prince Consort
Description	Eastlake states that he is enclosing an answer to the questions Becker has asked him. He adds that he hopes to obtain information about the Gray collection, although there is a difficulty about it. He also names Mr Harzen of Hamburg as the purchaser of two of them. Mr Harzen' is probably Georg Ernst Harzen (1790-1863), Hamburg art dealer, collector and benefactor of the Hamburg Kunsthalle.
Place Of Writing	Fitzroy Square, London
Language	English
Extent	1 document (2 pages)
Physical Description	Loose manuscript paper; mounted
Access Conditions	Available in surrogate form only
Related Material	For related list of drawings, see VIC/ADD/A/10/85/344.
Digitisation Notes	These papers are available online within 'Prince Albert: His Life and Legacy'
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