Letter from Joseph Cundall to Dr. Ernst Becker reporting that Robert Howlett has been unable to produce a satisfactory photograph of the Raphel painting at Kensington Palace.

4 Aug 1858

Loose manuscript paper; mounted | 1 document (2 pages) (whole object) | RA VIC/ADDA10/85/27

Cundall writes that Howlett has asked him to report that it has been impossible to photograph the Raphael in Kensington Palace, although he has tried 4 days' exposure with a dry plate in bright sun. The painting is too yellow; even the best results, with wet collodion, are not good enough to show. Cundall asks for Becker's instructions regarding Warwick Castle.

Related Material: See VIC/ADDA10/85/32, a print of the picture a 'Madonna and Child'.

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Joseph Cundall (1819-95) (writer)

Dr Ernst Becker (1826-88) (addressee)
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Prince Albert's Personal Papers

Letter from Joseph Cundall to Dr. Ernst Becker reporting that Robert Howlett has been unable to produce a satisfactory photograph of the Raphel painting at Kensington Palace.

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