28 SEPTEMBER 1912, Page 18

-THE DA VINCI CARTOON IN THE DIPLOMA GALLERY.

[To Ms EDLT011 Or Tat " SrEcTexols.") -Sut,—Could not something be done to put Leonardo da Vinoi's magnificent cartoon of "The Holy Family with S. Anne" in a worthier place and setting-? At present it hangs in an obsoure corner of the Diploma -Gallery in Burlington House, to which the public are gratuitously admitted. But when I last saw it, some weeks ago, the room in which it was placed was un- guarded for at least.half an hour, and I noticed that the heavy frame of the picture was breaking away from the plaster of -the wall behind. It is surrounded by modern "Diploma" pictures, It seems a pity that such a treasure should not be in the National Galleiy:—I am, Sir, &c.,