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Letter from Slason Thompson to [Alice] Braddel, 12 February 1919 [page 2 of 4]
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Under date of Feby 8th Mrs Thompson writes - | Under date of Feby 8th Mrs Thompson writes - | ||
"This morning we went to the Frick's house and saw the most beautiful collection of pictures and other works of art I have ever seen in this country. The house at 70th St. is a perfect beauty and the Velasquez, Van Dyck, Rembrandt, | "This morning we went to the Frick's house and saw the most beautiful collection of pictures and other works of art I have ever seen in this country. The house at 70th St. is a perfect beauty and the Velasquez, Van Dyck, Rembrandt, Franz Hals, Rubens, Turner, Ver Mar [Vermeer], Hogarth, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Gainsborough portraits and pictures, to mention a few names, are beyond belief. There was an original Michael Angelo bronze also a Benvenuto Cellini and such Japanese and Chinese and French vases as I never saw. Then the _____? room is in place and much more beautiful than it was in the Metropolitan. The house, one of Hasting's (of Hastings & Carrère) is a gem and these rooms are lovely in themselves. It was indeed a great treat but all too short." | ||
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[begin page 2 of 4] 1 Under date of Feby 8th Mrs Thompson writes - "This morning we went to the Frick's house and saw the most beautiful collection of pictures and other works of art I have ever seen in this country. The house at 70th St. is a perfect beauty and the Velasquez, Van Dyck, Rembrandt, Franz Hals, Rubens, Turner, Ver Mar [Vermeer], Hogarth, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Gainsborough portraits and pictures, to mention a few names, are beyond belief. There was an original Michael Angelo bronze also a Benvenuto Cellini and such Japanese and Chinese and French vases as I never saw. Then the _____? room is in place and much more beautiful than it was in the Metropolitan. The house, one of Hasting's (of Hastings & Carrère) is a gem and these rooms are lovely in themselves. It was indeed a great treat but all too short." [end page 2 of 4]