Leonard, W. A.
Collector
Size: 1 item (on partial microfilm reel).
Summary: A receipt from the firm of Frederick Keppel for a woodcut by Albrecht Durer, sold for 5 dollars to the Rev. W. A. Leonard on March 15, 1875. The receipt is signed by Keppel's assistant, W[illiam] Macbeth.
Frederick Keppel was the founder of Frederick Keppel and Co. and William Macbeth was his assistant who later founded the well-known Macbeth Gallery in New York City.
The document was presented to Sherman Lee who in turn gave it to the Archives of American Art.
Microfilm reel 3091 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
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W. A. Leonard receipt from purchase of a print, 1875. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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