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Letter from Charles S. Carstairs to Henry Clay Frick, 18 February 1907

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-    Hermitage Hotel
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-      Monte -Carlo
+Hermitage Hotel
+Monte-Carlo
-is among this lot Its as high
+is among this lot.  It’s as high as the full length Hoppner I had hanging in your dining room & about 12 to 15 inches wider.  A full length, noble Genoese woman, very beautiful full length, standing on a terrace overlooking an Italian garden with a black boy behind her all in yellow & he himself, like an Italian bronze, holding a red parasol over her.  There is no question, no
-as the full length Hoppner I
+argument, from every standpoint it is Van Dyck's masterpiece.  I think I have  seen about everything he ever painted & I have never been so impressed.  My anticipated pleasure in showing you this wonderful example of Van Dycks most sumptuous period at times is almost more than I can stand.  It has been an
-had hanging in your dining
+exciting Winter the trips to Genoa
-room + about 12 to 15 inches
-wider - A full length, noble
-Genoan woman very beautiful
-full length  standing in a
-terrace overlooking an Italian
-garden with a black boy
-behind her all in yellow + he
-himself like an Italian bronze,
-holding a red parasol over
+[end page 3 of 4]
-her - There is no question no
-argument , from every standpoint
-it is Van Dyck's masterpiece
-I think I have  seen about
-everything he ever painted
-+   I have never been so impressed. My anticipated
-pleasure in showing you this
-wonderful example of Van
-Dycks most sumptuous period
-at times is almost more than
-I can stand . It has been an
-exciting Winter the trips to [?]
-         [H.C. 315.026]

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is among this lot. It’s as high as the full length Hoppner I had hanging in your dining room & about 12 to 15 inches wider. A full length, noble Genoese woman, very beautiful full length, standing on a terrace overlooking an Italian garden with a black boy behind her all in yellow & he himself, like an Italian bronze, holding a red parasol over her. There is no question, no argument, from every standpoint it is Van Dyck's masterpiece. I think I have seen about everything he ever painted & I have never been so impressed. My anticipated pleasure in showing you this wonderful example of Van Dycks most sumptuous period at times is almost more than I can stand. It has been an exciting Winter the trips to Genoa

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