BIB_ID
188035
Accession number
MA 4500
Creator
Pollard, Robert, 1755-1838.
Display Date
1793 September 21.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 11.6 x 19.2 cm
Notes
Previously formed part of a collection of ca. 300 letters from English artists of the 19th century
Relates to the commissioning of engravings for the book: Views in Spain / from the drawings of Henry Swinburne Esq. ; the letter-press by T. Bensley. London : Marino Bovi, 1794.
Relates to the commissioning of engravings for the book: Views in Spain / from the drawings of Henry Swinburne Esq. ; the letter-press by T. Bensley. London : Marino Bovi, 1794.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Returning three drawings (the subjects identified as "Cadiz", "Mirando del Ebro", and "Duenas") and quoting the estimated prices he would charge for engraving them; with postscript requesting that he "return the specimen engravings if the above estimate is not accepted".
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