Letter Boston, 1855 Sept. 17, Boston.

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Letter Boston, 1855 Sept. 17, Boston.

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Writing to an unidentified art dealer/restorer, encloses "an article by a remarkable critic on Tintoretto's great picture of St. Mark, an old copy of which I have..." Sumner indicates that a restorer over-cleaned it and goes on to say that he has "four new acquisitions, old pictures of value" two of which, a Murillo and "a Netscher of real beauty" need cleaning. Finally, Sumner requests "the list of old pictures which you have recently purchased. Where is the red man?"

1 item (4 p.) in folder ; 26 cm.

Boston Athenaeum

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Tintoretto, 1518-1594

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Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874

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Massachusetts lawyer and U.S. Senator, 1851-1874. He was an ardent abolitionist who attacked the south in his "crime against Kansas" speech in 1856. Two days later he was assaulted in the Senate, receiving injuries that took him years to recover from. From the description of Letters, 1858-1869. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 55768315 Born in Boston, Mass., the U.S. statesman Charles Sumner studied law at Harvard and practiced law in his native ci...