| GB/0397 Royal Academy of Arts Archive. |
| | RAA Royal Academy of Arts, official archive 1768-2001 |
| | RAA/SEC Records of the Secretary 1769-1968 |
| | RAA/SEC/8 Royal Academy miscellaneous correspondence and papers 1873-1953 |
| | RAA/SEC/8/55 Correspondence relating to wartime storage of works of art belonging to the RA 1941 |
| | >RAA/SEC/8/55/2 John Forsdyke, Director, Britsh Museum, London, W.C.1, to [W. R. M.] Lamb 04 Jun 1941 |
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| Reference Code | RAA/SEC/8/55/2 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | John Forsdyke, Director, Britsh Museum, London, W.C.1, to [W. R. M.] Lamb |
| Date | 04 Jun 1941 |
| 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. |
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