BIB_ID
190773
Accession number
MA 4801 (11)
Creator
Lecouvreur, Adrienne, 1692-1730.
Display Date
1721 Mar. 22.
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Gift of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1993.
Description
1 item (4 p.)
Notes
Item 1127 in the Wrightsman gift.
Provenance
Mrs. Charles Wrightsman.
Summary
This long and spirited letter, written in 1721, the year Lecouvreur became the mistress of Maurice de Saxe, is apparently written to his mother, the Countess Aurora Konigs March, begging for her support. The Marechal de Saxe had just returned to France from a campaign against the Turks, obtained his commission, and been divorced from his wife. Signed "Lecouvreur."
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