BIB_ID
401726
Accession number
MA 8861.29
Creator
Balfour, Arthur James, 1848-1930.
Display Date
1902 February 10.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 18.8 x 12.2 cm
Notes
Acquired as part of a large collection of letters addressed to William Angus Knight, Chair of Moral Philosophy at the University of St. Andrews and Wordsworth scholar. Items in the collection have been individually accessioned and cataloged.
On stationery with embossed letterhead reading "10, Downing Street,/ Whitehall, S.W." and the blind embossed seal of the First Lord of the Treasury.
Marked "Dictated" and "Private".
With autograph signature and salutation.
On stationery with embossed letterhead reading "10, Downing Street,/ Whitehall, S.W." and the blind embossed seal of the First Lord of the Treasury.
Marked "Dictated" and "Private".
With autograph signature and salutation.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Telling Knight that he is sending a photograph and he is honored that it will be hung in "such distinguished company."
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