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Bill of Sale

Author (American, 1812 - 1862)
DateDecember 7, 1861
Mediumpen and ink on paper
Dimensions7 7/8 x 7 3/4 inches (20 x 19.7 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number11.2.105.C
ClassificationsDocumentary Artifacts
DescriptionPage three of a three page letter. This page is the Bill-of-Sale for the five volumes of John James Audubon's "The Birds of America" Folios.
ProvenanceJohn Woodhouse Audubon [1812-1862]; John Taylor Johnston [1870-1889]; by descent to his great-grandson William W. Appleton [1915-2014][1], New York, New York; purchased October 10, 1964 by H.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965]; bequeathed September 2, 1965 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art | 1. Letter from William W. Appleton to H.J. Lutcher Stark dated July 31 [1964] states that he found the letter with other receipts that belonged to his great-grandfather.
On View
Not on view
Sir [John Tyler Johnston, esq.]
John Woodhouse Audubon
November 5, 1861
The Birds of America
John James Audubon
1840-1844
Friend Joe [To Joe Scheuerle]
Charles Marion Russell
June 30, 1914
Friend Goodwin [Philip R. Goodwin]
Charles Marion Russell
May 26, 1908
Friends
Charles Marion Russell
November 14, 1903
Wanderings of an Artist among the Indians of North America
Paul Kane
after 1848 [narrative covers October 7, 1846 – September 12, 1848]
Wanderings of an Artist among the Indians of North America
Paul Kane
after 1848 [narrative covers June 17, 1845 -- July 3, 1846]
Wanderings of an Artist among the Indians of North America
Paul Kane
after 1848 [narrative covers May 9, 1846 – October 6, 1846]
Dear Mr. Johnston [John Herbert Johnston]
Mary Eliza Audubon
March 12, 1896
Dear Mr. Johnston [J. Herbert Johnston]
Mary Eliza Audubon
March 12, 1896
Mr. Ralph Kendall
Charles Marion Russell
c. 1919