BIB_ID
193435
Accession number
MA 4807
Creator
Irving, Washington, 1783-1859.
Display Date
[1829?] Jan. 22.
Credit line
Purchased Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1993.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 18.5 cm
Notes
Irving had left Spain (where he had spent a good deal of time with Dolgorouki) on July 28, 1829, to assume the post of secretary to the American Legation in London.
The Library holds 22 letters from Prince Dolgorouki to Washington Irving, MA 4729. Item 11, dated 23 January 1829, mentions the Duc de Veraguas. In several letters Dolgorouki mentions his desire to pay Irving a visit in London.
Transcription on file.
The Library holds 22 letters from Prince Dolgorouki to Washington Irving, MA 4729. Item 11, dated 23 January 1829, mentions the Duc de Veraguas. In several letters Dolgorouki mentions his desire to pay Irving a visit in London.
Transcription on file.
Provenance
Ken Rendell.
Summary
Saying "The anecdote you give me of the Duke of Veraguas and his pension arrived just as I was correcting the last page of the abridgement of my Life of Columbus. I inserted it in a note to close the volume"; and asking him how much gold is procured annually from Russian mines. He looks forward to Dolgorouki's arrival in London, where he will have "so much to see, and to philosophize upon," and where he will have the opportunity to view the annual exhibition of the Royal Academy, "and be able to judge of the present state of painting in England"; and looking forward to "some interesting discussions with the sage Wilkie" and a visit to his studio.
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