BIB_ID
411843
Accession number
MA 13971.6
Creator
Davies, Scrope Berdmore, 1782-1852.
Display Date
[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 / Rue neuve Luxembourg / No: 18."
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 / Rue neuve Luxembourg / No: 18."
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
Stating that he will be going to Versailles to attend upon a sick friend and that, rather than have the Baron visit him in Paris, he will wait upon the Baron upon his return; informing her that he had a fire in his chimney and that his chambers are all "what I shall soon be, dust and ashes."
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