BIB_ID
124294
Accession number
MA 1082.1
Creator
Marie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-1793.
Display Date
undated.
Credit line
Gift of J.P. Morgan, Jr., 1929.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 14.5 cm
Notes
According to previous cataloging letter may not be autograph. See handwritten note by Belle da Costa Greene (then director of the Pierpont Morgan Library), signed and dated 1919, on mount below item: "Sold by F. Wheeler of J. Pearson & Co. London / It is my opinion that this letter may be a forgery / Belle da Costa Greene / 1929."
Dated "Samedy."
Part of a collection of letters related to Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. Items in the collection are described in individual records; see MA 1082 for more information.
Possible recipient is based on a note on the verso in an unknown hand.
Dated "Samedy."
Part of a collection of letters related to Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. Items in the collection are described in individual records; see MA 1082 for more information.
Possible recipient is based on a note on the verso in an unknown hand.
Provenance
Franz Simon Meyer, with his stamp; J.P. Morgan, Jr.
Summary
Mentioning a loss recently sustained by Mme. de Lamballe.
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