BIB_ID
359938
Accession number
MA 826.43
Creator
Devonshire, Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of, 1758-1824.
Display Date
1817 Dec. 5-7.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 23.2 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 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 seal.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson, 1908.
Summary
Commenting on Princess Charlotte's death; calling Princess Caroline "poor woman" and noting that she "must be so wretched"; discussing visitors to Rome and the apartments she has secured for them; talking about an outbreak of smallpox; mentioning various friends in Italy and asking about friends in England; describing a trip to the Vatican Museum.
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