BIB_ID
80909
Accession number
MA 3154.109
Display Date
1837.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1970.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 24.9 cm
Notes
First letter written on p. 1 of a folded sheet; second letter written on p. 2.
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).
Watermark: dove holding an olive branch in its beak; surmounted by AMIES; and with 1833 below.
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. W.H. Carpenter / 10 Nottingham Place / London."
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).
Watermark: dove holding an olive branch in its beak; surmounted by AMIES; and with 1833 below.
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. W.H. Carpenter / 10 Nottingham Place / London."
Summary
First letter (dated 7 August 1837) from Carey to Carpenter, discussing the particulars related to his purchase of a painting from William Collins, and giving his banking information; second letter (dated Monday ... 1837) from Carpenter to Carey's bankers W. & J. Brown & Co., discussing payment as arranged by Carey.
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