BIB_ID
301895
Accession number
MA 656.153
Creator
Marie-Amélie, Queen, consort of Louis-Philippe, King of the French, 1782-1866.
Display Date
1816 May 16.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 18 cm
Notes
Part of a large collection of letters from Queen Marie-Amélie to her former governess la baronne de Mandell. Letters have been cataloged individually; see collection-level record for more information.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. before 1913.
Summary
Informing her that she could not write earlier because she was giving birth; saying that she is still recovering; wishing her family well; saying that she will send her three portraits once she is in Paris because painters there are more skilled; telling her about her children; saying that Ferdinand shows alot of promise; discussing the marriage of Caroline and Leopold and that of Leopold and Marie.
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