Henry Cole to Faraday   22 March 1865

Council on Education | Kensington Museum | 22 March, 1865.

My dear Sir,

Have you any recollection of stating to any Committee or Commission your opinion that if Raphael’s¹ Cartoons were removed to the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square they could be damaged there?²

If so, was your opinion printed, and can you tell me where I can find it?

If such was your opinion, would your objections equally apply to the removal of the Cartoons to the South Kensington Museum, assuming the circumstances of good ventilation, &c which you approved of in the Sheepshanks Gallery at South Kensington, were equally well attended to and carried out with regard to the Cartoons?

Believe me, My dear Sir, | Yours faithfully | Henry Cole

Michael Faraday Esq. D.C.L. | 21, Albemarle Street

P.S. I send a copy of your Report on Sheepshanks Gallery³