BIB_ID
279292
Accession number
MA 1034.11
Display Date
undated.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr., 1925.
Description
2 items (2 p.) ; 20.9 and 24 cm
Notes
High reserve.
In two different hands. One on blue paper with "No. 7" replaced with "8." The other with a postmark on the verso: "ALTON / JY 8 / 1842." The blue paper has a watermark of Britannia.
Part of a collection that includes manuscripts, letters, and notes in Jane Austen's autograph. The collection also includes letters addressed to Austen by James Stanier Clarke and a steel engraving of Austen. Items in the collection are described in 12 individual records (MA 1034.1-12).
In two different hands. One on blue paper with "No. 7" replaced with "8." The other with a postmark on the verso: "ALTON / JY 8 / 1842." The blue paper has a watermark of Britannia.
Part of a collection that includes manuscripts, letters, and notes in Jane Austen's autograph. The collection also includes letters addressed to Austen by James Stanier Clarke and a steel engraving of Austen. Items in the collection are described in 12 individual records (MA 1034.1-12).
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: Female figure seated on shield, Britannia, fragment.
Summary
These notes accompanied the correspondence between Jane Austen and James Stanier Clarke acquired by the Morgan in 1925. This correspondence was in the possession of Austen's sister Cassandra before passing to her niece, Cassandra Esten Austen. The note with the 1842 postmark on the verso is probably in Cassandra Austen's hand.
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