BIB_ID
190908
Accession number
MA 4801 (34)
Creator
Pompadour, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, marquise de, 1721-1764.
Display Date
[1753] July 5.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1993.
Description
1 item (2 p.)
Notes
Item 1136 in the Wrightsman gift.
Unsigned.
With a red wax seal of the three little chateaux.
With address panel.
Unsigned.
With a red wax seal of the three little chateaux.
With address panel.
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: Circle with shield, HON SOIT MAL Y PENCE, surmounted by crown over VDL.
Provenance
Mrs. Charles Wrightsman.
Summary
Apologizing for being so long in writing, due to long voyages she and the King have taken, and telling him he was right to purchase his property. She also refers to the visit of her brother and father and regrets she cannot accompany him.
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