[ Robert Browne, Roman Catholic Bishop of Cloyne. ] Autograph Letter Signed ('+ Robert Browne | Bishop of Cloyne') to W. E. Gumbleton, regarding an 'inquiry about the frescoes of Pinturic[c]hio'.
Author:
Robert Browne (1844-1935), Roman Catholic Bishop of Cloyne, and President of Maynooth College [ William Edward Gumbleton (1840-1911), Irish gardener ]
Publication details:
Bishop's House, Queenstown. 13 April 1897.
£50.00
SKU: 19043
2pp., 12mo. In fair condition, on aged paper with short closed tear and creasing to edges. He is enclosing 'a letter from Rome written by Father Costelloe. O.P. (a high authority on questions Roman archaeology and art) in reply to my inquiry about the frescoes of 'Pinturichio [sic] in photo-type. - The letter is addressed to a Domincan priest in Dublin, Fr Condon.' He expects 'a still more satisfactory account when the work is complete & published for sale', and ends with best wishes for 'a full measure of the Easter joys'.
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