BIB_ID
396433
Accession number
MA 13395
Creator
Boehm, Joseph Edgar, Sir, 1834-1890.
Display Date
1883 June 27.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 17.9 x 11.5 cm
Notes
The mask here referred to as the subject of Boahm's letter is probably the death mask alleged to be the face of Shakespeare which had belonged originally to German artist Ludwig Becker (1808-1861), the authenticity of which was notably rejected by Thomas Carlyle and much disputed during the period Boehm's letter was wriiten.
Written on stationery printed "The Avenue, / 76, Fulham Road, S.W."
Written on stationery printed "The Avenue, / 76, Fulham Road, S.W."
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Thanking him for sending photographs of a mask which he recalled previously showing to Carlyle in the company of Dr. Becker ("It was a curious inteview which I must recount to you some day. It is a beautiful face, & may be the real thing").
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