BIB_ID
359877
Accession number
MA 826.35
Creator
Devonshire, Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of, 1758-1824.
Display Date
1817 Jan. 9-10.
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.
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
Discussing artwork she is purchasing; describing a soiree she hosted; worrying about "poor [Charles?] Fox Townshend" and "W[illiam] Lamb"; mentioning Cardinal Consalvi.
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