BIB_ID
196017
Accession number
MA 13839
Creator
Cooper, Abraham, 1787-1868.
Display Date
1815 December 28.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 25.4 x 19.7 cm
Notes
With address and seal, reading: "To / Geo. Shepheard Esq / Gt Ormand Street Queen Sqr."
Concerning the publication by subscription of an engraving after Luke Clennell's painting "The Decisive Charge Of The Life Guards At The Battle Of Waterloo"; to be sold for the benefit of Clennell's wife and children, who were left destitute following Clennell's descent into mental illness.
Inscribed in an unidentified hand: "This was Clennells charge of the Life Guards at the Battle of Waterloo - for the benefit of Charles Warrens daughter (Clennells wife) and children."
Enclosed prospectus not present.
Concerning the publication by subscription of an engraving after Luke Clennell's painting "The Decisive Charge Of The Life Guards At The Battle Of Waterloo"; to be sold for the benefit of Clennell's wife and children, who were left destitute following Clennell's descent into mental illness.
Inscribed in an unidentified hand: "This was Clennells charge of the Life Guards at the Battle of Waterloo - for the benefit of Charles Warrens daughter (Clennells wife) and children."
Enclosed prospectus not present.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Enclosing a prospectus [for an engraving to be made after Luke Clennell's painting, "The Decisive Charge Of The Life Guards At The Battle Of Waterloo"], and requesting that, should he succeed in obtaining any subscribers, he will send along their names as quickly as possible.
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