Token Design for the Revenue Office: QUOD RECIPIT SPLENDIDE REDDIT
1753
Artists
Description
Jeton: Q[U]OD ["u" added in graphite] RECIPIT SPLENDIDE REDDIT / The sun shines onto a mirror, the reflection setting fire to an old tree stump. / CHAMBRE AUX / DENIERS. 1753
Dimensions
diameter: 18.6 cm (7 5/16 in.)
Provenance
Robert Carfrae, Scotland, sold at Glendining & Co., London, 1990. Sale, November 28, 1990, no. 320. The drawing was acquired by Robert Carfrae (1820-1900) during the 19th century, and was consigned to auction ninety years after his death. Cyril Humphris, London, purchased from Glendining & Co., 1990, sold at Sotheby's, New York, 1995. Sale Jan. 10, 1995, lot 64 Vermeer Associates Limited, Brampton, Ontario, purchased from Sotheby's, New York, 1995, sold to HUAM, 2000, 2000. long-term loan to HUAM, 1995-2000
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