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Receipt signed : London, to Martin Colnaghi, 1827 September 1.

BIB_ID
197333
Accession number
MA 13953
Creator
Danby, Francis, 1793-1861.
Display Date
1827 September 1.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 7.9 x 20 cm
Notes
With the five shilling stamp at left.
The mezzotint by G.H. Phillips after Danby's painting, "The Passage of the Red Sea" (1825) was ultimately issued by the publisher Martin Colnaghi on January 1, 1829.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Signed receipt issued by Danby to Colnaghi acknowledging Danby's receipt of £300 for the copy right and loan of his painting, "The Crossing of the Red Sea by the Israelites", in the collection of the Marquess of Stafford, and for Danby's superintendence and correcting of the engraving, to be completed by the end of May, 1828.