BIB_ID
195952
Accession number
MA 13744
Creator
Clarkson, Thomas, 1760-1846.
Display Date
1840 July 29.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 22 x 18.4 cm
Notes
Internal evidence, including the writer's reference to visiting the recipient and "Sir Henry" at their house at Barton in Bury [Suffolk], suggests that the recipient may possibly be identified as Louisa Emilia Bunbury, the wife Sir Henry Edward Bunbury, an occasional correspondent of Thomas Clarkson, and resident of Barton Hall, Bury, Suffolk.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Thanking her for a letter and informing her that he has returned from a "the great convention" [i.e., the Anti-Slavery Society Convention of1840]; noting that he has been very busy, but that he hopes to travel towards Bury in the company of Mrs. Clarkson in a few weeks, and that they intend to make a special effort to call on her and "Sir Henry" at Barton; informing her that [Benjamin Robert] Haydon, "the historical painter", is making a picture of the convention, with one-hundred and eighty portraits included in the painting, and that he believes a print is to be made of it.
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