BIB_ID
196111
Accession number
MA 13952
Creator
Danby, Francis, 1793-1861.
Display Date
1855 April 17.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 18.5 x 11.9 cm
Notes
Written on black-edged mourning stationery.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Writing in response to a question regarding a painting entitled the "Vale of Tempe"; stating that he never painted a picture by that title and that he is not aware that any of his sons "ever copied the picture"; noting that should the painting in question be a different composition "now call'd by Mr. Hall a Vale of Tempe" he would have no way of answering the question without actually seeing the picture, but that, "from the sad mistake Mr. Hall made about 'The Enchanted Island'", Danby is "pretty well convinced" that the picture is not by himself or any of his sons.
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