BIB_ID
340420
Accession number
MA 3723
Creator
Mills, Elizabeth Moffat, b. 1756.
Display Date
"Sunday morning" [1773 Feb. 15].
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund as the gift of Mrs. Rena Bransten and Mr. Henry S. Glazier, 1980.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 16.8 cm
Notes
Date of writing added in another hand.
Formerly part of an album containing letters of artists and architects.
Lady Mills was married to Sir Thomas Mills, later governor of Quebec. The couple were apparently friends with Sir Joshua Reynolds, who painted several portraits of Sir Thomas and Lady Mills.
Possibly addressed to either James or Robert Adam, the Scottish architects and furniture designers.
Formerly part of an album containing letters of artists and architects.
Lady Mills was married to Sir Thomas Mills, later governor of Quebec. The couple were apparently friends with Sir Joshua Reynolds, who painted several portraits of Sir Thomas and Lady Mills.
Possibly addressed to either James or Robert Adam, the Scottish architects and furniture designers.
Provenance
Sale (London, Sotheby's, 28 October 1980, lot 745); purchased on the Fellows Fund as the gift of Mrs. Rena Bransten and Mr. Henry S. Glazier, 1980.
Summary
Asking him to send a design as promised.
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