BIB_ID
359846
Accession number
MA 826.26
Creator
Devonshire, Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of, 1758-1824.
Display Date
1815 Nov. 1.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 24.8 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Countess of Bessborough / Cavendish Square / London / Inghilterra."
Part of a collection of letters from Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, to Henrietta Frances Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough. Letters are described in individual records; see MA 826 for more information.
With postmark and trace of a seal.
Part of a collection of letters from Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, to Henrietta Frances Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough. Letters are described in individual records; see MA 826 for more information.
With postmark and trace of a seal.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson, 1908.
Summary
Complaining that she is having trouble reading Harriet's last letter; discussing statues and an exposition at a museum; mentioning that Cardinal [Ercole] Consalvi called on her and they talked about Napoleon Bonaparte; commenting on shared acquaintances; telling her about recent archaeological discoveries in Rome.
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