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Critic / journalist

Mr. Ripley

fl. 1880

Journalist, active in 1880. Worked for Luigi Palma di Cesnola.

Life and work

  1. c. 1880
    According to A. D. Savage's testimony as reported in The Art Amateur, Cesnola told him the museum authorities had employed a Mr. Ripley as their 'special and secret journalist' to prepare articles in defence of the museum, gave Savage permission to talk with Ripley, and Ripley's appointment, made on Cesnola's advice, was confirmed after considerable opposition by members of the Executive Committee.

    New YorkThe Feuardent-Cesnola Trial 1884, p. 55

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Fieldwork & employment

Colleagues & contacts

Sources

  1. 1. (1884). “The Feuardent-Cesnola Trial”. The Art Amateur 10, 55-56. Online