BIB_ID
196145
Accession number
MA 14001
Creator
Dibdin, Thomas Frognall, 1776-1847.
Display Date
London, England, 1829 June 30.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 18.5 x 12 cm
Notes
Addressed to auctioneer James Christie.
Year of writing deduced from the reference to the sale of the collection of (George) Hibbert, which took place in 1829.
Written from "Wyndham Place."
Watermarked "1828."
Year of writing deduced from the reference to the sale of the collection of (George) Hibbert, which took place in 1829.
Written from "Wyndham Place."
Watermarked "1828."
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Asking him "when the axe falls upon the necks of those Purchasers of pictures (at Hibberts sale) who do not make good the purchase money?", assuring him that he will "take especial care to escape the edge of that instrument, and adding "Would that I had more liberally purchased?!"; with a manicule on the facing page pointing to postscript reading "N.B. Dividends on the 14th July."
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