Extract from a letter by Joseph Wright to Alderman Boydell

RA Collection: Archive

Archive context

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Reference code

AND/7/107

Title

Extract from a letter by Joseph Wright to Alderman Boydell

Date

[12 Mar 1789]

Level

Item

Extent & medium

1 piece

Content Description

He wishes to make a "conspicuous figure" in Boydell's exhibition, he will proceed in packing and rolling cylinder with sketches for ther painting.

Anderdon notes the letter was sold for 13 shillings in 1850.