BIB_ID
80870
Accession number
MA 3154.115
Display Date
1837 Sept. 7.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1970.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 25.2 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of 80 letters from William Collins to his wife Harriet Geddes Collins and 35 letters primarily to William Collins from various friends and acquaintances. Items in this collection are described in individual records (MA 3154.1-115).
Related to Edward L. Carey's purchase of a William Collins painting. See also MA 3154.106-114.
William Hookham Carpenter was the Keeper of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum, and the brother-in-law of the painter William Collins.
With seal and postmarks, and addressed to "Mr. Carpenter / 10 Nottingham Place / London."
Related to Edward L. Carey's purchase of a William Collins painting. See also MA 3154.106-114.
William Hookham Carpenter was the Keeper of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum, and the brother-in-law of the painter William Collins.
With seal and postmarks, and addressed to "Mr. Carpenter / 10 Nottingham Place / London."
Summary
Enclosing £125 in cash on behalf of Mr. Carey of Philadelphia. With a note signed by Carpenter acknowledging receipt on the verso.
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