BIB_ID
300178
Accession number
MA 1063.11
Creator
Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769-1830.
Display Date
1822 Jan. 14.
Credit line
Gift of J.P. Morgan, Jr., 1928.
Description
1 item (5 p.) ; 18.1 and 22.9 cm
Notes
Docketed "Saw him."
Part of a large collection of letters from Sir Thomas Lawrence to the Irish politician and writer J. W. Croker. Letters have been described individually; see collection-level record for MA 1063 for more information.
Written from Russell Square on mourning paper.
Part of a large collection of letters from Sir Thomas Lawrence to the Irish politician and writer J. W. Croker. Letters have been described individually; see collection-level record for MA 1063 for more information.
Written from Russell Square on mourning paper.
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr., from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co in 1928; gift of J.P. Morgan, Jr. in 1928.
Summary
Asking for a favor regarding a the sending of a full-length portrait of His Majesty (painted at the command of the Pope) to a foreign country. Giving some details, but inviting Croker to call the following day so that he may explain himself more fully. Apologizing for intruding upon his time.
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