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Letter·34 CDF art. 169·14 January 1954

Letter from Megaw to Schaeffer on publications, restoration work on objects and workmen's wages, with Schaeffer's replyArthur Hubert Stanley Megaw and Claude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer

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Scan 4 of letter 34 CDF art. 169 (Letter from Megaw to Schaeffer on publications, restoration work on objects and workmen's wages, with Schaeffer's reply), typed in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 169, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

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20-1-54

Dear Mr. Schaeffer,

Thank you for your letter of 14th and its enclosures. I am glad that the restoration of the bronzes has been authorised by you to proceed with the [illegible] gallery.

As regards the salary paid to Mr. [illegible] for the restoration, I shall of course be glad to hand over to him the salary paid to him, and I am sure you will [illegible] to pay him as well. I shall arrange next season, while [illegible] to pay the salary according to the arrangement [illegible] you have outlined.

With very best wishes,

Yours sincerely,

Handwritten: signature

Mr. A.H.S. Megaw Ashmolean Museum Oxford

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