BIB_ID
341231
Accession number
MA 149.69
Creator
Godfrey, Daniel, fl. 1779.
Display Date
1772 Dec. 20.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1901.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 22.6 cm.
Notes
Address panel with postmark to "Philip Francis Esq're / Duke Street / Westminster / Angleterre
Docketed on verso " Paris 20th Dec 1772 / Mr. Godfrey / Rx 25th."
Part of a large collection of correspondence of Sir Philip Francis; see collection-level record for more information.
Docketed on verso " Paris 20th Dec 1772 / Mr. Godfrey / Rx 25th."
Part of a large collection of correspondence of Sir Philip Francis; see collection-level record for more information.
Provenance
By descent to his eldest granddaughter Miss Francis, and in her possession in 1871; sale (London, Sotheby's, 27 November 1897); purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1901.
Summary
Relating his visit to "the Painter" who expressed concern over the amount of the price agreed to by Francis for his work and hence had done no work on the painting; telling him that he is leaving for Lyons and will return to England in February.
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