BIB_ID
193829
Accession number
MA 4220
Creator
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778.
Display Date
1772 Aug. 3.
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Mr. John P. Morgan II, Miss Julia P. Wightman, and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, in memory of Mrs. J. P. Morgan, 1985.
Description
1 item (2 p.) : ill. ; 30.7 cm
Notes
With an autograph draft of Townley's reply, dated Naples, 14 August 1772; cataloged individually as MA 4220.1; see related record for more information.
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: Large shield with crown and scrollwork, fragment.
Provenance
Purchased as the gift of Mr. John P. Morgan II, Miss Julia P. Wightman, and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman in memory of Mrs. J.P. Morgan in 1985.
Summary
Praising him as a collector; with a pen and ink study by Piranesi of the Warwick Vase drawn as a heading for the letter.
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