Autograph letter signed : "North End Fulham" [London], to Sir William Pulteney, 1785 July 23.

Record ID: 
128721
Accession number: 
MA 297.4
Author: 
Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815.
Credit: 
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description: 
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 23.2 cm
Notes: 

William Johnstone took the name Pulteney in 1767 on his wife's succeeding to the estates of Lord Bath.
Address panel with seal to "Wm. Pulteney Esq're / Bath House / Piccadilly."
Volume 2 (MA 297) of a 33-volume collection of the correspondence of Sir James Pulteney, his family and distinguished contemporaries. (MA 487, MA 297 and MA 1260-1290). The arrangement of the collection is alphabetical by the author of the letter. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection level record for more information (MA 297.1-65).

Summary: 

Informing him that the "Portrait you wish me to engrave I can undertake to do in a Fortnight's time if It is sent me directly which will be the shortest period, & in regard to the Price I hope you will not think Sixteen Guineas too much."

Provenance: 
Purchased from the Ford Collection of manuscripts.