John Forsdyke, Director, Britsh Museum, London, W.C.1, to [W. R. M.] Lamb | Archives | RA Collection

Archive context

Royal Academy of Arts Archive
1. Royal Academy of Arts, official archive
  1. Records of the Secretary
    1. Royal Academy miscellaneous correspondence and papers
      1. Correspondence relating to wartime storage of works of art belonging to the RA

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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.