BIB_ID
195831
Accession number
MA 13571
Creator
Burnet, John, 1784-1868.
Display Date
[undated].
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 18 x 11.2 cm
Notes
Addressed to fellow engraver John Henry Robinson; the "petition" mentioned here is probably a reference to one of the petitions prepared and signed by Burnet and his colleagues calling for the elevation of the status of engraving as an art in England.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Regretting that he had missed him and proposing that he call again tomorrow; stating that he will "call on [John] Pye to hear his remarks" before posting his letter, and that he has seen "Cunningham's sketch of the petition and thought it good but perhaps too long".
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