BIB_ID
352940
Accession number
MA 697.4
Creator
Bernhard, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, 1792-1862.
Display Date
1858 June 28.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1910.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 20.6 cm
Notes
It is possible that his niece is Helene of Mecklenburg (1814-1858), the wife of Ferdinand, Duke of Orleans, who died from the flu on May 17, 1858.
Part of the autograph collection of Madame Arthaud. Letters have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
The signature of this letter is not entirely clear and there is no indication of the recipient; authorship has been ascribed to Bernhard, Duke of Saxe-Weimar based on the contents of the letter.
This letter is tipped in at page 48.
Written on mourning paper from "aux eaux de Liebenstein, [illegible] de Saxe Meimingen."
Part of the autograph collection of Madame Arthaud. Letters have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
The signature of this letter is not entirely clear and there is no indication of the recipient; authorship has been ascribed to Bernhard, Duke of Saxe-Weimar based on the contents of the letter.
This letter is tipped in at page 48.
Written on mourning paper from "aux eaux de Liebenstein, [illegible] de Saxe Meimingen."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from Pearson in 1910.
Summary
Thanking her for her expression of sympathy on the death of his niece.
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