BIB_ID
287626
Accession number
MA 3154.111
Creator
Carpenter, William Hookham, 1792-1866.
Display Date
after 1837 May 5.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1970.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 22.9 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).
William Hookham Carpenter was the Keeper of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum, and the brother-in-law of the painter William Collins.
William Hookham Carpenter was the Keeper of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum, and the brother-in-law of the painter William Collins.
Summary
Concerning Carey's transfer of funds through the firm W. & J. Brown & Co. for the purchase of a painting by William Collins. Enclosing a copy of a letter from Carey dated 5 May 1837 (not present).
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