BIB_ID
360074
Accession number
MA 826.63
Creator
Devonshire, Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of, 1758-1824.
Display Date
1822 Aug. 20.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 19.9 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Earl of Bessborough / au soins de M. Lafitte / banquier / à / Paris."
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
Discussing a work of art; hoping to hear he is "better of the soul" following the death of his wife; complimenting his house in Paris; praising Castellammare and calling it "as beautiful as any thing can be"; commenting on English visitors to Castellammare; discussing King George IV and politics in England; mentioning two statues found at Pompeii.
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