BIB_ID
359974
Accession number
MA 826.50
Creator
Devonshire, Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of, 1758-1824.
Display Date
1819 Dec. 30.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 20.7 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
Complaining that she cannot read Harriet's handwriting; giving details of Cardinal Consalvi's poor health; mentioning a dinner Consalvi is giving for the "Royal Danes," but noting that "we poor women are not admitted"; discussing other social engagements, including nights at the opera; naming various visitors to Rome; talking about excavations happening in Rome; asking Harriet to send news of herself and her family.
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