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Collection	Victorian Additional Papers
Reference	VIC/ADD/A/10/85/363
Record Type	Correspondence
Title	Letter from F. Backofen to Dr. Ernst Becker sending a photograph of Raphael's picture of the Archangel Raphael from the Darmstadt collections, explaining and apologising for its inadequacy.
Date	1 January 1858
Writer	Backofen, F.; Darmstadt photographer
Addressee	Becker, Ernst, Dr.; Librarian to the Prince Consort
Description	Backofen writes that he would have sent Becker (photographic) prints of the Archangel long ago had they turned out satisfactorily; instead he is enclosing a small photograph which [?Seegerd] reluctantly allowed him to take of the picture in his studio. But he was not allowed to try again in the open, in his garden, because of potential damage to the picture, although this might have been the only chance of obtaining a good photograph. Backofen thinks this might be possible later if Becker pressed for it. In order to compensate for this unsatisfactory photograph, he sends Becker some of his recent landscape photographs of Darmstadt and Heidelberg as a souvenir.
Place Of Writing	Darmstadt
Language	German
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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