BIB_ID
375255
Accession number
MA 755.13
Creator
Halford, Henry, 1766-1844.
Display Date
1830 June 13.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1911.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 12.9 x 18.4 cm
Notes
George IV died on June 26, 1830.
Part of a collection of letters, documents, and engravings related to George IV, Queen Caroline, and Princess Charlotte. See main record for MA 755 for details.
Signed "H. Halford" and "M.J. Tierney."
With unidentified manuscript notes on the verso.
Part of a collection of letters, documents, and engravings related to George IV, Queen Caroline, and Princess Charlotte. See main record for MA 755 for details.
Signed "H. Halford" and "M.J. Tierney."
With unidentified manuscript notes on the verso.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1911.
Summary
A statement by two of George IV's medical attendants: "The King has been less incommoded than usual in his Respiration and His Maj has passed a good night."
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