Prince Albert's Personal Papers
Papers relating to Prince Albert’s personal life and enthusiasms
DR ERNST BECKER (1826-88)
Copy letter from Dr. Ernst Becker to P.W. Grubb, the Director of the Swedish Royal Museum, thanking him for enabling the Raphael drawings in the museum to be photographed and enquiring about another drawing.
22 Nov 1859Loose manuscript paper; mounted | 1 document (4 pages) (whole object) | RA VIC/ADDA10/85/536
Becker writes that the photographs of the Raphael drawings at the Royal Museum have arrived safely; the Prince Consort has asked him to thank Mr Grubb for enabling the photography to be done, and to send him photographs of all the Raphael drawings at Windsor in exchange, for the the Royal Museum, as well as the gift of a ring to Mr Grubb himself in token of HRH's gratitude. Becker goes on to ask whether an ink drawing mentioned in Passavant volume 3 and closely resembling the composition later carried out in Santa Maria della Pace in Rome is still in the Royal Museum. If so, he asks for a photograph of it although it is not by Raphael, and if not, where else he might look for it.
Creator(s)
Dr Ernst Becker (1826-88) (writer) [22 November 1859]
Grubb, P.W.; Director of the Royal Museum, Stockholm (addressee)
1 document (4 pages) (whole object)