Reference code
RAA/SEC/8/55/2
Title
John Forsdyke, Director, Britsh Museum, London, W.C.1, to [W. R. M.] Lamb
Date
04 Jun 1941
Level
Item
Extent & medium
1p.
Previous reference codes
606, RAC/5/90
Content Description
Noting that the official in charge of their Aldwych tube repository had reported the receipt of two pieces of sculpture. These were doubtless the
Michelangelo relief [‘The Madonna and Child with the Infant St John’] and the RA's fourth century Greek statue, which the trustees of the British Museum had agreed to take charge of for the duration of the war.