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JOSEPH CUNDALL (1819-95)

Letter from Joseph Cundall to Dr. Ernst Becker concerning a Raphael painting supposedly in Thomas Baring's collection.

21 Jun 1859

Loose manuscript papers; mounted /Loose tracing paper; mounted | 2 documents (6 pages) (whole object) | RA VIC/ADDA10/85/61, 62

(61) Cundall writes that Thomas Baring does not recognise the sketch Becker sent, which must be of the wrong painting. He has, however, found a painting by G[ianfrancesco] Penni [in Baring's collection] which matches Waagen's description, and of which he encloses a tracing. He promises to send photographs of a Winterhalter painting soon, and he has engaged an artist to touch up the photograph of the Raphael portrait of a young man in the Baring collection.
(62) Tracing of a 'Holy Family' by Penni, enclosed with Cundall's letter.
  • Creator(s)

    Joseph Cundall (1819-95) (writer)

    Dr Ernst Becker (1826-88) (addressee)

  • 2 documents (6 pages) (whole object)

  • Place of Production
    New Bond Street [London]
  • Object type(s)
      • printed & manuscript material
        • documents
          • correspondence
    Language(s)
    English