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Letter from Charles Eastlake to R.N. Wornum

17 May 1857

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Letter from Charles Eastlake to R.N. Wornum

Date

17 May 1857

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NG5/135/6

Description

From 7 Fitzroy Square: Relating to various corrections in the Catalogue. Eastlake informs RNW that he was with Turner in Rome in 1819 and says that Turner did not paint or exhibit there then. Eastlake also suggests that Temeraire has been so long an English word Wornum should omit the French accents. He suggests accents should be preserved for "Redoutable". With partial transcription

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