[ Jonathan Anderson Bell, Scottish architect. ] Autograph Signature ('J. A. Bell'), as Secretary, Association for the Promotion of the Fine Arts in Scotland, to 'Miss Fordyce, Union Place', for subscription, on ornate receipt.engraved by W. H. Lizars

Printed on both sides of an 11 x 23 cm piece of grey paper. In good condition, on lightly aged and worn paper. A nice piece of ephemera. The front is tastefully laid out, with fancy lettering and the royal crest. Numbered in red ink 1379. Recording Miss Fordyce's guinea subscription to the association. The reverse has the terms of the Association engraved in copperplate over ten lines. It is docketed '£1 . 1 | Fine Art Association | 25 March 1857'.