BIB_ID
196499
Accession number
MA 14455
Creator
Ford, Richard, 1796-1858, sender.
Display Date
Exeter, England, 1840 August 28
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 22.9 x 18.7 cm
Notes
Year supplied by T.J. Bean, who notes that Ford saw Mrs. Jameson on 28 August 1840, according to a letter from Ford to Sir Edmund Head, dated 28 August 1840, in the Stirling Papers of the Stratenclyde Regional Archive, Glasgow; Mrs. Jameson would have delivered her letter of introduction.
With address panel: Ralph Bernal Esq MP / Eaton Square.
In pencil at upper left: Richard Ford / English author.
With address panel: Ralph Bernal Esq MP / Eaton Square.
In pencil at upper left: Richard Ford / English author.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Letter of introduction for Mrs (Anna Brownell?) Jameson, who would like the opportunity to view Bernal's art collection; noting that he has particularly informed her of his exceptional collection of "Raffaele ware & Venetian glass."
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