BIB_ID
287615
Accession number
MA 3154.106
Creator
Carey, Edward L., 1806-1845.
Display Date
1836 Sept. 23.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1970.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 25 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of 80 letters from William Collins to his wife Harriet Geddes Collins and 35 letters primarily to William Collins from various friends and acquaintances. Items in this collection are described in individual records (MA 3154.1-115).
Watermark: dove holding an olive branch in its beak; surmounted by AMIES; and with 1833 below.
With seal and postmarks, and addressed to "W Collins Esq, R.A. / 30 Porchester Terrace / Bayswater / London."
Watermark: dove holding an olive branch in its beak; surmounted by AMIES; and with 1833 below.
With seal and postmarks, and addressed to "W Collins Esq, R.A. / 30 Porchester Terrace / Bayswater / London."
Summary
Noting that he is "forming a small collection of pictures and [is] very anxious to own one [by Collins]."
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