BIB_ID
282256
Accession number
MA 977.13
Creator
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817.
Display Date
1801 May 12.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr. in 1920.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 23.2 cm
Notes
Forms part of a collection of 41 letters from Austen to her sister and two prints (MA 977.1-43).
High reserve.
With postmark and seal, addressed to Miss Austen, Mrs. Lloyd, Hurstbourn Tarrant, Andover; written from "Paragon."
High reserve.
With postmark and seal, addressed to Miss Austen, Mrs. Lloyd, Hurstbourn Tarrant, Andover; written from "Paragon."
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: Portal & Co 1797.
Provenance
Alfred Morrison sale (10 Dec. 1918) lot 2154; purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr. from the New York dealer Ernest Dressel North in 1920.
Summary
Discussing the sale of some of the Austens' household property; describing a ball she attended in Bath; commenting on "another stupid party" she attended.
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