BIB_ID
286808
Accession number
MA 861.20
Creator
Boissy d'Anglas, François Antoine, Comte de, 1756-1826.
Display Date
1820 [Oct. 2].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1912.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 19.7 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of 50 autograph letters signed and 2 prints. Items in the collection are described in 52 individual records (MA 861.1-52).
The date on the letter is unclear; Oct. 2 is from the postmark.
With postmark and seal.
The date on the letter is unclear; Oct. 2 is from the postmark.
With postmark and seal.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1912.
Summary
Discussing her health and whereabouts; informing her that the portrait busts of Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier will be made in marble and sent to Annonay where they will be displayed in the City Hall; telling her about the artist who will carve them [James Pradier].
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