BIB_ID
359973
Accession number
MA 826.49
Creator
Devonshire, Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of, 1758-1824.
Display Date
1819 June 14-16.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 20.3 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
Lamenting that all the travelers to Rome have left; mentioning various visitors; commenting on a performance of Euripides' Orestes; discussing a visit to the Pope [Pius VII] and mentioning Cardinal Consalvi.
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