BIB_ID
411842
Accession number
MA 13971.5
Creator
Davies, Scrope Berdmore, 1782-1852.
Display Date
"Febry 5" [between 1844 and 1852]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 18.9 x 13.6 cm
Notes
Baroness Blaze de Bury married and assumed her title in 1844; Davies died in 1852.
Addressed, with seal, "À Madame / Le Baronne Blaze de Bury."
One of a series of 6 letters written by Scrope Berdmore Davies to Baroness Blaze de Bury which previously formed part of the Morgan Library & Museum's Blaze de Bury Collection (MA 14300).
Addressed, with seal, "À Madame / Le Baronne Blaze de Bury."
One of a series of 6 letters written by Scrope Berdmore Davies to Baroness Blaze de Bury which previously formed part of the Morgan Library & Museum's Blaze de Bury Collection (MA 14300).
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Assuring her that he would "beg, borrow, or steal the number of the E.R." in Paris, but that he does not know where it is; noting that "the excellent, and not excelled, Caldwell speaks with admiration" of her work on on Racine, "No man is a better judge, and no man's taste is more justly fastidious-his praise is worth having"; assuring her that he will come to visit her as soon as he feels able.
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