BIB_ID
196532
Accession number
MA 14926
Creator
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 23.2 x 18.7 cm
Notes
An identifying note, dated 28 September 1854, is inscribed at the bottom of the recto: From my great uncle/brother to my grandfather the 1st Lord Holland/Charles James Fox, addressed to his niece & my aunt the Honble Caroline Fox who died in 1845.
With address panel with frank stamp and seal, reading: Chertney June eight 1802 / Honble Miss Fox / Bowood near / Calne / Wilts.
With address panel with frank stamp and seal, reading: Chertney June eight 1802 / Honble Miss Fox / Bowood near / Calne / Wilts.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Stating that he is much obliged to her for going to Mr. (Henry) Edridge, that he "thought what he had done tolerable", that Edridge means to have another sitting to improve (the portrait), and he cannot therefore "let [her] off" (from the task of sitting for the painting) when she goes to town again.
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