BIB_ID
282364
Accession number
MA 977.37
Creator
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817.
Display Date
1814 Mar. 9.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr. in 1920.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address panel) ; 22.9 cm
Notes
"March 1814" is written on the address panel in an unknown hand.
Forms part of a collection of 41 letters from Austen to her sister and two prints (MA 977.1-43).
High reserve.
With seal, addressed to Miss Austen, Chawton, "By favour of Mr. Gray"; written from Henrietta St.
Forms part of a collection of 41 letters from Austen to her sister and two prints (MA 977.1-43).
High reserve.
With seal, addressed to Miss Austen, Chawton, "By favour of Mr. Gray"; written from Henrietta St.
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: Horn inside shield over "1810".
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
Commenting on The farmer's wife by Charles Dibdin; telling Cassandra to plan to see Richard III; noting that Henry Austen has finished Mansfield Park and "his approbation has not lessened"; complaining of having a cold. The letter also mentions several actors including Charles Mathews, John Liston, John Emery, and Charles Mayne Young.
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