BIB_ID
414647
Accession number
MA 1581.207
Creator
Wilkie, David, Sir, 1785-1841.
Display Date
London, England, 1811 March 4.
Credit line
Purchased from Benjamin Ifor Evans, 1959.
Description
1 item (2 pages, with address) ; 22.9 x 18.5 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) 14.
Address panel with postmarks and seal to "Sir George Beaumont Bart / Dunmow / Essex."
This letter formerly identified as MA 1581 (Wilkie) 14.
Address panel with postmarks and seal to "Sir George Beaumont Bart / Dunmow / Essex."
Provenance
Purchased as a gift of the Fellows from Benjamin Ifor Evans, 1954.
Summary
Concerning a painting by Sir George that has just arrived safely in London and to which Wilkie will make some changes; saying "What you have proposed in your letter about showing the night cap only and without the bag will be an improvement, and as I happen to have a night cap here of the same sort with what you got me at Dunmow I shall be able to do it without difficulty;" saying they will all be glad to see him in London on the 20th; adding that he saw Joanna Baillie and told her that "...I supposed you would bring a picture to town for her which she seemed very much pleased to hear;" asking to be remembered to Lady Beaumont.
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