BIB_ID
282358
Accession number
MA 977.36
Creator
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817, sender.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr. in 1920.
Description
1 item (6 pages, with address) ; 22.8 x 37.2 cm (unfolded)
Notes
With red wax seal, addressed to Miss Austen, Chawton, "By favour of Mr. Gray."
"March 1814" is written on the address panel in an unknown hand.
A few words are cut out at the bottom of p. 2.
The first half page is written on Saturday, March 5. "Sunday" appears in the second half of p. 1, "Monday" near the top of p. 4, and "Tuesday" near the middle of p. 5.
The address panel page includes a faint shopping list in pencil.
Forms part of a collection of 41 letters from Austen to her sister and two prints (MA 977.1-43).
High reserve.
"March 1814" is written on the address panel in an unknown hand.
A few words are cut out at the bottom of p. 2.
The first half page is written on Saturday, March 5. "Sunday" appears in the second half of p. 1, "Monday" near the top of p. 4, and "Tuesday" near the middle of p. 5.
The address panel page includes a faint shopping list in pencil.
Forms part of a collection of 41 letters from Austen to her sister and two prints (MA 977.1-43).
High reserve.
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: Horn inside shield over "1810".
Provenance
Bequeathed by Cassandra Elizabeth Austen to Fanny, Lady Knatchbull, in 1845; inherited by Lord Brabourne, 1882; probably in the Puttick & Simpson sale of 26-8 June 1893; Alfred Morrison sale, 10 December 1918, lot 2154; purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr. from the New York dealer Ernest Dressel North in 1920.
Summary
Mentioning expected visitors and people she has visited; discussing mourning gowns; giving Henry Austen's opinion of Mansfield Park; commenting on household matters; making travel plans; describing a visit from Edward and Fanny. The letter also mentions that she is reading Byron's Corsair and that they are going to see Charles Coffey's The devil to pay, the opera Artaxerxes, and Charles Dibdin's The farmer's wife.
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