BIB_ID
196452
Accession number
MA 14372
Creator
Faithfull, Emily, 1836?-1895 sender.
Display Date
London, England, 1860 April 21
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 17.9 x 11.9 cm
Notes
Written on letterhead stationery from Faithfull's Victoria Press in Hanover Square, London.
Concerning a series of photographs of the works of J.M.W. Turner taken by the sisters Caroline Cecilia and Marie Eliza Bertolacci, and eventually issued as a series of 20 photographs in 1865, under title: Richmondshire : The Twenty subject photographically reproduced by C. C. & M. E. Bertolacci. In one complete volume with a concise historical preface.
Concerning a series of photographs of the works of J.M.W. Turner taken by the sisters Caroline Cecilia and Marie Eliza Bertolacci, and eventually issued as a series of 20 photographs in 1865, under title: Richmondshire : The Twenty subject photographically reproduced by C. C. & M. E. Bertolacci. In one complete volume with a concise historical preface.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Asking if he is familiar with "Miss Bertolacci's photographs of Turner's 'Richmondshire'", adding that they are "most exquisite", and asking if he would be willing to accept an article from her on the subject for possible publication in "Once a week"; including a postscript informing that a "slight notice" on the subject of the photographs will be appearing in the "Victoria magazine", but assuring him that what she would send him would be "quite different."
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