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RefNoNLB/73/357
AltRefNoNLB/73 p179
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to J. McGurk Esq., Savoy Hotel, Strand, WC2
Date22 June 1931
DescriptionTitled 'Franklin Portrait'. Acknowledges request to take a photograph of the oil painting of Benjamin Franklin by Joseph Wright and states this will come before the Council at the next meeting on 2 July [1931]. Explains that as permission is likely, will also have the painting photographed and will send it along with the photographer's account.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedRecordIM/001539
NLB/73/374
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