O'Hara, C.J., New Orleans, Louisiana, to Curator of the Vatican Gallery of Art, Rome, Italy, 1876 June 24

O'Hara believes he has discovered Raphael 's long-lost "Last Supper". The Count of Turenne was at New Orleans not long since and declared it to be Raphael's. It bears the mark of Marc Antonio Raimondi, Raphael's engraver. It answers in every way to descriptions of the painting. All around the margin there is an irregularity of outline which shows plainly that the picture was rudely cut from its frame. He would act upon any plan that might be suggested for sending the painting to Rome to compare it with the edges still in the original frame. Enclosed newspaper clippings report the discovery, one being from the New Orleans "Picayune" of June 11, 1876. A.L.S. 4pp. :: VI-2-o A.L.S. 9pp. 12mo.