C. T. Newton, British Museum to John Gibson

RA Collection: Archive

Archive context

Showing item 263 of 391 in this group

Reference code

GI/1/260

Title

C. T. Newton, British Museum to John Gibson

Date

13 Feb 1862

Level

Item

Extent & medium

1 piece

Content Description

Asking for information about the merits of the Giustiniani collection (then in the possession of Torlonia) with a view to its possible purchase by the British Museum. Newton suspected that many things had been sold out of the collection since the publication of a book of engravings of the sculptures in about 1690.