BIB_ID
196035
Accession number
MA 13867
Creator
Cosway, Maria Hadfield, 1759-1838.
Display Date
[1821 or 1822].
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 19 x 22.8 cm
Notes
With address, "G. Stanley Esqre."
Letter probably addressed to the London auctioneer, George Stanley, who was entrusted with the sale of Richard Cosway's art collections following his death on July 4, 1821.
Maria Cosway resided at 31 Edgware Road in London during the years 1821 and 1822.
Formerly part of a collection of letters from English artists.
Letter probably addressed to the London auctioneer, George Stanley, who was entrusted with the sale of Richard Cosway's art collections following his death on July 4, 1821.
Maria Cosway resided at 31 Edgware Road in London during the years 1821 and 1822.
Formerly part of a collection of letters from English artists.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Informing him that she is feeling too unwell to venture out to meet with him and stating that "whatever you decide with Mr. Smith and add to each list" will be done at home; hoping that he will accompany "the two gentlemen" to Edgware Road to dine with her and "talk over the subject".
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