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Charles Landseer, Royal Academy, to Sir Francis Grant

RA Collection: Archive

Reference code

RAA/SEC/4/78/2

Title

Charles Landseer, Royal Academy, to Sir Francis Grant

Date

17 Oct 1874

Level

Item

Extent & medium

2pp.

Previous reference codes

602, RAC 1, LA 8

Content Description

Landseer calls the President's attention to the cleaning of diploma pictures. He highlights Etty's 'Sleeping Nymph and Satyrs', Hilton's 'Ganymede' and Turner's 'Dolbadarn Castle'. These, he says, are materially damaged, if not irretrievably ruined: "the high lights over cleaned and the darks less cleaned which makes them look brown and grubby, the delicate glazing rubbed away." He concludes that the paintings have been put into incompetent hands - all the more regrettable as there was a skilful and careful person at their service in Mr Merritt.