BIB_ID
120969
Accession number
MA 431.38
Creator
Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854.
Display Date
"Thursday" [1839-1854].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 18.1 cm
Notes
Part of a large collection of Sir Walter Scott correspondence; see collection-level record for more information.
The recipient is possibly Catherine Gladstone, wife of William Ewart Gladstone. The Gladstones were married in 1839.
Written from Regent's Park, where Lockhart lived (at 24 Sussex Place) from 1826.
The recipient is possibly Catherine Gladstone, wife of William Ewart Gladstone. The Gladstones were married in 1839.
Written from Regent's Park, where Lockhart lived (at 24 Sussex Place) from 1826.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. in 1900.
Summary
Regretting that he did not return home and see her note until late the previous evening.
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