BIB_ID
382943
Accession number
MA 297.5
Display Date
"Wednesday" [1785] July 27.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1899.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 20.3 cm
Notes
Address panel with traces of a seal to "Wm. Pulteney Esq'r / Bath house."
The year of writing is not provided, however, this letter appears to follow on directly from the preceding letter in the collection (MA 297.4) from Bartolozzi to William Pulteney which is dated July 23, 1785. This letter is dated "Wednesday July 27" and July 27th did fall on a Wednesday in 1785.
There is no indication of the author of the letter.
Volume 2 (MA 297) of a 33-volume collection of the correspondence of Sir James Pulteney, his family and distinguished contemporaries. (MA 487, MA 297 and MA 1260-1290). The arrangement of the collection is alphabetical by the author of the letter. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection level record for more information (MA 297.1-65).
William Johnstone took the name Pulteney in 1767 on his wife's succeeding to the estates of Lord Bath.
The year of writing is not provided, however, this letter appears to follow on directly from the preceding letter in the collection (MA 297.4) from Bartolozzi to William Pulteney which is dated July 23, 1785. This letter is dated "Wednesday July 27" and July 27th did fall on a Wednesday in 1785.
There is no indication of the author of the letter.
Volume 2 (MA 297) of a 33-volume collection of the correspondence of Sir James Pulteney, his family and distinguished contemporaries. (MA 487, MA 297 and MA 1260-1290). The arrangement of the collection is alphabetical by the author of the letter. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection level record for more information (MA 297.1-65).
William Johnstone took the name Pulteney in 1767 on his wife's succeeding to the estates of Lord Bath.
Provenance
Purchased from the Ford Collection of manuscripts.
Summary
Concerning the engraver Francesco Bartolozzi; saying he has heard that "Bartolozzi is out of sight of all other artists here for the business of engraving, even that he deserves to be considered as the first Engraver in Europe. The person who made the print from my picture was [Thomas] Watson, and was reckoned the best at that time for mezotints [sic] but he died some time ago. The person who succeeded to his reputation in that way and even thought to excel him is one [Valentine] Green who I believe lives in Newman Street. But I am told it is impossible to make a mezzotint print from a miniature picture - that must be done by engraving and there can be no question that the preference should be given to Bartolozzi above all others."
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