BIB_ID
359865
Accession number
MA 826.31
Creator
Devonshire, Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of, 1758-1824.
Display Date
1816 [Jan.] 30-31.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 24.1 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. British postmark is from Feb. 21, 1816, which suggests the letter was written at the end of January.
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. British postmark is from Feb. 21, 1816, which suggests the letter was written at the end of January.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson, 1908.
Summary
Complaining about Harriet's handwriting; discussing the political situation in France and her thoughts on Louis XVIII; describing a trip to the Vatican and the art she saw there; mentioning that she is going to Naples soon.
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