The Note Transcribed and Translated: Recibi de Don Pedro A. Paterno la cantidad de cuatrocientos reales de vellon que son los me hacen falta para poder continuamos mi viaje. Manuel Luna. Received from Don Pedro A. Paterno the amount of four hundred reales de vellon, which is what I need to be able to continue my trip. Manuel Luna Note: Manuel Luna is one of the brothers of Juan and Antonio Luna. He was a violin virtuoso and conductor. After his music training in the Philippines he went to Europe and matriculated at the Conservatory of Madrid. Note: Reales de vellon is computed 1 dollar = 20 reales = 680 maravedíes)
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Photograph of Manuel Luna
and Companions
c. 1870s
Photographer Unknown
photograph: 4 3/4" x 3 1/2" (12 cm x 9 cm) letter: 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" (14 cm x 21 cm)
SOLD: PHP 29,200
Accompanied by a letter from Manuel Luna, brother of Juan and Antonio Luna, to Pedro Paterno acknowledging a loan of money for his trip home to Manila. Dated 19 October 1879, Cadiz
Provenance: Don Pedro Alejandro Paterno (1857– 1911) and Doña Luisa Piñeyro de Lugo y Merino (Sra de Paterno, d. 1897)