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January 23rd., 1942. Dear Mr. Milliken: How disappointed I was to hear that I had missed your good visit a couple of days ago. Unfortunately I had an important engagement in the late afternoon, which deprived me of the pleasure of seeing you. As long as I have an opportunity of writing to you I am wondering whether you could give me any information about a portrait by INGRES which I understand some ten years ago was in the possession of Mr. and Mrs. Perry W. Harvel [[Harvey]], 11801 Lake Shore Boulevard, Cleveland. I also was told that this painting had been on exhibition at your museum. I am naturally interested in such a portrait. Should you not be able to answer me for some reason or other, in view of your official position, I would of course understand this perfectly well. With renewed regrets and personal regards, Yours very sincerely, (Germain Séligmann) William M. Milliken, Esq., Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Perry Williams Harvey