BIB_ID
359869
Accession number
MA 826.32
Creator
Devonshire, Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of, 1758-1824.
Display Date
1816 Mar. 12-13.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 24.4 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
Commenting on the tragic death in childbirth of the Duchess of St. Albans [Lady Louisa Grace Manners]; discussing Lord Byron and Annabella, his wife, and saying that she "never heard of such brutality as Lord Byron's, nor anything so like madness"; describing her travels in Italy; mentioning shared acquaintances.
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