BIB_ID
410625
Accession number
MA 13937
Creator
Cunningham, Allan, 1784-1842.
Display Date
1839 July 23.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 22.8 x 18.9 cm
Notes
Addressed, with seal, "Henry Reeve, Esq / 9 Chapel Street / Belgrave Square."
Written from "Belgrave Place."
Docketed, "2320/39 / Cunningham Allan / Belgrave Place / July 23 / rec'd July 29 / about the Begum's monument."
Written from "Belgrave Place."
Docketed, "2320/39 / Cunningham Allan / Belgrave Place / July 23 / rec'd July 29 / about the Begum's monument."
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Informing him that the sculptor Sir Francis Chantrey is willing to take a commission for a monument to "The Begum" [i.e., Joanna Nobilis Sombre, known as Begum Samru], and stating the sculptor's terms for the work proposed.
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