BIB_ID
116245
Accession number
MA 1581.5
Creator
Thorvaldsen, Bertel, 1770-1844.
Display Date
Rome, 1828 September 29.
Credit line
Purchased from Benjamin Ifor Evans, 1954.
Description
1 item (2 pages, with address) ; 31 x 21.4 cm
Notes
The letter is signed by Bertel Thorvaldsen (who signs himself "Alberto Thorwaldsen") in his role as president of the Accademia, but the body of the letter has been written in another, secretarial hand.
Address panel with seal and postmarks: "Angleterre / Lady Beaumont / Coleorton Hall / Ashby de la Zouch."
This letter is from a large collection of letters written to Sir George Howland Beaumont (1753-1827) and Lady Margaret Willes Beaumont (1758-1829) of Coleorton Hall and to other members of the Beaumont family.
This item was formerly identified as MA 1581 (Accademia) 2.
Address panel with seal and postmarks: "Angleterre / Lady Beaumont / Coleorton Hall / Ashby de la Zouch."
This letter is from a large collection of letters written to Sir George Howland Beaumont (1753-1827) and Lady Margaret Willes Beaumont (1758-1829) of Coleorton Hall and to other members of the Beaumont family.
This item was formerly identified as MA 1581 (Accademia) 2.
Provenance
Purchased as a gift of the Fellows from Benjamin Ifor Evans, 1954.
Summary
Thanking the sculptor John Gibson for transmitting a painting by Sir George Howland Beaumont to the Accademia di San Luca (now called the Accademia nazionale di San Luca).
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