BIB_ID
439581
Accession number
MA 14345.30
Creator
Devonshire, William Spencer Cavendish, Duke of, 1790-1858, sender.
Display Date
Lismore, Ireland, 1849 October 3
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 23.2 x 18.5 cm
Notes
Written on printed stationery with an etched vignette showing a man fishing in a river with a bridge and castle in the immediate background, captioned "Lismore Castle--County Waterford" and signed by the printer "London J. & F. Harwood, 26 Fenchurch Street."
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Informing her that if he should go to Brighton in the winter, it will be from "the first week in January to the end of February" and that it would be "charming" to see her and her daughter there, but noting that "Paris is a possibility" if his health continues to be good; mentioning that he has "discovered the most pleasant sea residence" in County Waterford called Ardmore and that Frederick Leveson (i.e. his nephew Frederick Leveson-Gower) just left that morning after "8 hours of ball"; commenting on the manner of dancing in Ireland and the beauty of County Waterford which reminded them of Italy.
Catalog link
Department