Letter : Houghton, to Mr. John Boydell, Cheapside, London, 1773 October 4.
- Creator:
- Farington, Joseph, 1747-1821.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item ([1] p.) ; 23 cm
- Notes:
- In English.
Purchased from Ken Spelman, July 2015. - Abstract:
- Autographed letter signed from Joseph Farington to John Boydell written from Houghton Hall the seat of Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford where he spent three years making drawings of the paintings for Boydell's Collection of prints after the most capital paintings in Engalnd (2 vols., 1782). He reports on the progress of his work in general and in particular his work with "the Paul Brills".
- Topics:
- Boydell, John, 1720-1804.
Boydell, John,--1720-1804.
Houghton Hall (England)--Art collections.
Walpole, Robert,--Earl of Orford,--1676-1745--Art collections. - Language:
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Content Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Rights:
- These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html
- Call Number:
- LWL Mss File 128
- Orbis Record:
- 12492687
- Yale Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Digital Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Local Record Number:
- lwlpr32605(parent)
- oid pointer:
- 16709982
- Citation:
- Joseph Farington, Letter to Mr. John Boydell, 1773 October 4. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
- OID:
- 16710525
- PID:
- digcoll:4685475
Number of Pages: 2
