BIB_ID
311951
Accession number
MA 431.62
Creator
Ballantine, James, 1808-1877.
Display Date
1860 Oct. 2.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 20 cm
Notes
Part of a large collection of Sir Walter Scott correspondence; see collection-level record for more information.
Written on stationery printed "42 George Street, Edinburgh."
Written on stationery printed "42 George Street, Edinburgh."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. in 1900.
Summary
Discussing Ballantine's redecoration of the new Masonic Hall, and asking for Roberts's support in his endeavors; reporting from Sherrif Loudon that Prince Albert admired Roberts's "magnificent picture of Rome."
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