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Autograph letter signed : place of writing not specified, to George Shepheard, 1815 December 28.

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.
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.