Report to the Right honourable the master of the rolls upon the documents in the archives and public libraries of Venice / by Thomas Duffus Hardy.
- Thomas Duffus Hardy
- Date:
- 1866
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Report to the Right honourable the master of the rolls upon the documents in the archives and public libraries of Venice / by Thomas Duffus Hardy. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.
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![No. 28. Paese con Cavallini e figure di Gio. Miel - Ghinee 8 „ 29. Prospettiva con figure in picolo del Vivarini di Roma - - - - ,, 30 ,, 30. Marina di Mons' Montagne - - - ,, 25 ,, 31. Sposaliziodi S.CatterinadiCarlettoCagliari ,, 42 „ 32. La Vita umana della Scola di Bonifacio - „ 50 ,, 33. Frutti e volatili di Giacomo di Castello j - ,, 16 ,, 34. Maddalena del Cavr Liberi - - - ,, 30 „ 35. S. Girolamo del Cavr Liberi - „ 30 ,, 36. Marina di Mons' Montagne - ,,25 ,, 37. Pesci di Giacomo da Castello - ,, 6 „ 38. Frutti e volatili del sud° - - -: ,, 16 ,, 39 Prospettiva con figure in piccolo del Viviani di Roma ... - „ 30 . „ 40. Uno Sbozzo di piu figure in Rame del Tentoretto - - - ,, 14 Fkom the same to the same. At length by private sales, and not by lottery, I have disposed of some of my pictures at a reasonable price. I may say that I have the most inferior still on hand, and shall find it difficult to get rid of them. 30 December 1715. London' 10 January 1716. Fkom the same to the same. In former letters I announced the sale of half of my pictures ; I am bargaining about the rest, but as yet without success. At the worst, the least mischief will be to send them back to Venice. Could I have imagined the trouble and expense which they have caused me, I would never have removed them from their niches ; at present I can only apply a half remedy, but have no reason to be dissatisfied with the price of those already sold. 13 London, ^T January 1716. Fkom the same to the same. Concerning my pictures, I mentioned having disposed of half of them at a reasonable price ; those remaining being inferior, I find it difficult to effect their sale. g London, rjr March 1716. From the same to the same. I daily repent me of the false step which I took in bringing my pictures to London. The custom-house charges were enormous, and by no means can I dispose of the pictures here. The lottery proceeds so slowly as to leave me no hope of filling it up ; it is not to be dreamt of, and the more I think about it the more it dis- tresses me. I on my part likewise had imagined that these vast do- minions, and the opulence of so many noblemen [signori], would have facilitated the undertaking; but I find the English closer in their expen- diture than I could have supposed. At any rate I must get rid of this embarrassment. As yet the King has given me no other marks of his generosity beyond those already mentioned, and should he do anything more, I cannot expect it until I am on the eve of departure. In the mean- while, I promise your Excellency to be sincere on this chapter, as it i8 my duty to be in all other matters. 18 London, gjrNovember 1715,](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21021284_0107.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
