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Letter from J.C. Curwen, London, to John Romney, 1803 March 10 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
106645
Accession number
MA 9958
Creator
Curwen, J. C. (John Christian), 1756-1828.
Display Date
London, England, 1803 March 10.
Description
1 item (2 pages, with address ; 22.5 x 18.7 cm
Notes
Address panel with fragments of a seal and postmarks to "Mr. Romney / Atkinson's Hotel / Dean St / Soho."
Removed from a copy of John Romney's Memoirs of the Life and Works of George Romney (London: Baldwin and Cradock, 1830), v. 2, p. 184.
Summary
Concerning the purchase of George Romney's "The Spinning Girl"; saying "You must have been very much misinformed in supposing there was any contract of the sort you name respecting the Spinning Girl[.] I gave the price Mr. Romney demanded - The Price for the other picture was as I understood what I paid[.] I shall be very glad to look at the remaining works of your father[.] Must decline giving any answer to the proposition respecting Mrs. Smiths picture till the opinion of those who have the first claim to it is known." adding, in a postscript, "Mr. Curwen would be glad to know when he can see the Pictures."