BIB_ID
191598
Accession number
MA 4801 (20)
Creator
Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793.
Display Date
1782 Mar. 3.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1993.
Description
1 item (1 page)
Notes
Watermark: Shield with three stars inside. Watermark, beta radiograph. Shield with three stars. 191598wm1_MA_4801_20_WM_beta.jpg
Watermark: Countermark: Crown on staff, P MALo ..DNAIDE and AUVERGNE 1742. Watermark (countermark), beta radiograph. Crown, staff, AUVERGNE 1742. 191598wm2_MA_4801_20_CM_beta.jpg
Addressed "au très haut très excellent et très puissant Prince notre très cher ettrès amé bon frere et cousin le Roi de la Grande Bretagne."
Item 1129 in the Wrightsman gift.
Signed "Louis."
With integral address leaf.
With paper seal (three fleurs-de-lis beneath a crown).
Watermark: Countermark: Crown on staff, P MALo ..DNAIDE and AUVERGNE 1742. Watermark (countermark), beta radiograph. Crown, staff, AUVERGNE 1742. 191598wm2_MA_4801_20_CM_beta.jpg
Addressed "au très haut très excellent et très puissant Prince notre très cher ettrès amé bon frere et cousin le Roi de la Grande Bretagne."
Item 1129 in the Wrightsman gift.
Signed "Louis."
With integral address leaf.
With paper seal (three fleurs-de-lis beneath a crown).
Provenance
Mrs. Charles Wrightsman.
Summary
Informing him of the death of his aunt, Princess Sophie.
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