BIB_ID
414623
Accession number
MA 1581.199
Creator
Wilkie, David, Sir, 1785-1841.
Display Date
London, England, 1809 August 10.
Credit line
Purchased from Benjamin Ifor Evans, 1959.
Description
1 item (2 pages, with address) ; 22.4 x 18.3 cm
Notes
This letter is from a large collection of letters written to Sir George Howland Beaumont (1753-1827) and Lady Margaret Willes Beaumont (1758-1829) of Coleorton Hall and to other members of the Beaumont family. See collection-level record for more information (MA 1581.1-297).
This letter formerly identified as MA 1581 (Wilkie) 6.
Address panel with postmark to "Sir George Beaumont Bart / Coleorton Hall / Ashby de la Zouch."
Written from "84 Portland Street London."
This letter formerly identified as MA 1581 (Wilkie) 6.
Address panel with postmark to "Sir George Beaumont Bart / Coleorton Hall / Ashby de la Zouch."
Written from "84 Portland Street London."
Provenance
Purchased as a gift of the Fellows from Benjamin Ifor Evans, 1954.
Summary
Concerning the date of his arrival at Coleorton with Mr. Haydon; saying they expect to leave London on Sunday by the Liverpool coach and arrive in Ashby de la Zouch on Monday morning; adding "We are both very anxious to collect materials for the ensuing winter. We have provided ourselves with the necessary painting apparatus, and have no doubt that we shall find in your neighbourhood sufficient subject to work upon;" sending his respects to him and Lady Beaumont.
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