BIB_ID
193466
Accession number
MA 4254 (1-3)
Creator
Joseph Bonaparte, King of Spain, 1768-1844.
Display Date
20 Frimaire an IX [1800 Dec. 11], 1 Thermidor an IX [1801 July 20], and 20 Brumaire an XII [1803 Nov. 12].
Credit line
Purchase; Mr. Frederick Melhado; 1980.
Description
3 items (3 p.) ; 25.7 cm and smaller.
Notes
Marked 33, 39, and 29 in pencil.
Two with integral address leaves.
Two with integral address leaves.
Provenance
Phillipps Collection.
Summary
Praising his engravings and asking that more be sent; commenting on the work of the "frères Piranesi" in Rome and art objects in Naples; and asking Piranesi to ask Clodin to come to Mortfontaine (Joseph's country house) to make nude, life-size statues of Joseph's two daughters.
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