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Collection	Victorian Papers, Main Series
Reference	VIC/MAIN/F/29/30
Record Type	Correspondence
Title	Letter from Charles Eastlake to Prince Albert
Date	22 April 1843
Writer	Eastlake, Charles; Secretary to the Fine Arts Commission
Addressee	Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Prince
Description	Letter from Charles Eastlake to Prince Albert enclosing minutes for a meeting of the commission and a printed copy of a memorandum on the principal branches of art (see VIC/MAIN/F/29/31-32). He asks when the next meeting should be arranged and reports that they commissioners assume that it will not be until after the Duke of Sussex's funeral. He also mentions a prospectus from Rome, forwarded to him by [Ludwig] Gruner (not present) and states the the decorations to which the Prince referred in his previous letter are 'very coarse performances' and suggests that the German artist Mr Collmann produces superior work.
Place Of Writing	Gwydyr House, Whitehall
Language	English
Extent	1 document (4 pages)
Physical Description	Loose manuscript paper; mounted
Access Conditions	Available in surrogate form only
Related Material	For related material see VIC/MAIN/F/29/31-32.
Digitisation Notes	These papers are available online within "Prince Albert: His Life and Legacy"
URL	https://albert.rct.uk
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