System Number: 04046
Date: 31 March 1862
Author: Mercier[1]
Place: Paris
Recipient: JW
Place: Paris
Repository: Glasgow University Library
Call Number: MS Whistler M317
Document Type: PD/Ms
ANCIENNE MAISON FONTAINE
MERCIER
DOREUR SUR BOIS
SUCCESSEUR DE DURANT.
TIENT[2] FABRIQUE DE
BORDURES
POUR TABLEAUX, ESTAMPES,
ET GLACES.
ENCADREMENTS ET
RESTAURATION DE TABLEAUX
DORURE
DE BATIMENTS ET MEUBLES
CITÉ BERGÈRE No. 2 bis FAUBOURG MONTMARTRE, No. 6.
PARIS LE 31 Mars 1862
Monsieur Wisler [sic] DOIT
| 1 | Bordure chesn en 20[%?] | 156 |
| 1 | Bordure Camaieu, moulée en 13[%?] | 75 |
| 231 | ||
Pour acquit
Mercier
| 150,000[3] | ||
| 5 | ||
| 750,000 | ||
| 5 | ||
| 3750,000 |
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Translation:
FORMER MAISON FONTAINE
MERCIER
WOOD GILDER
SUCCESSOR TO DURANT.
STOCKS MATERIAL FOR
FRAMES
FOR PAINTINGS, PRINTS,
AND MIRRORS.
FRAMING AND
RESTORATION OF PAINTINGS
GILDING
OF BUILDINGS AND FURNITURE
CITÉ BERGÈRE No. 2 bis FAUBOURG MONTMARTRE, No. 6.
PARIS 31 March 1862
Monsieur Wisler [sic] OWES
| 1 | Frame oak of 20[%?] | 156 |
| 1 | Frame monochrome moulded of 13[%?] | 75 |
| 231 | ||
Received
Mercier
| 150,000 | ||
| 5 | ||
| 750,000 | ||
| 5 | ||
| 3750,000 |
Notes:
1. Mercier
Mercier, shopkeeper, successor to the Maison Fontaine.
2. TIENT
'TIENT ... GLACES' is printed to left and 'ENCADREMENTS ... MEUBLES' to right of the heading.
3. 150,000
'150,000 ... 000' was written in another hand, at right angles, beside the signature.