BIB_ID
396438
Accession number
MA 13402
Creator
Bone, Henry, 1755-1834.
Display Date
1821 December 3.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 items (2 pages) ; 20.3 x 12.8 cm
Notes
Probably addressed to William Jerdan, a journalist and former surgeon's mate in the Royal Navy who served as editor of the Literary gazette from 1817 to 1850.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Thanking the recipient for "liberal way" he has written about him and the art of enamel painting in the Literary gazette of December 1st; offering, in return, to oblige any of his friends who would like to see his enamel paintings; explaining that his son, Thomas Main Bone, has been too busy preparing himself for his exams at the Naval College at Portsmouth to call upon him and thank him.
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