BIB_ID
439846
Accession number
MA 14345.153
Creator
Sophie, Queen, consort of William III, King of the Netherlands, 1818-1877, sender.
Display Date
Hague, Netherlands, 1846 April 7
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 20.9 x 13.7 cm
Notes
Signed "Sophie ..." (the remainder of the signature illegible); handwriting, signature, and armorial wax seal strongly suggest the identity of the writer to be Sophie of Württemberg.
Address panel postmarked (no year) with armorial seal, and addressed, "Mrs Gore / Bruxelles".
Gore's novel, "The debutante," first appeared in 1846.
Address panel postmarked (no year) with armorial seal, and addressed, "Mrs Gore / Bruxelles".
Gore's novel, "The debutante," first appeared in 1846.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Expressing condolences for "the dreadful misfortune that has befallen your daughter", adding "for I know that the worst pain is always that we feel for our children, & that after all your bereavements your life is in them."; mentioning how much they enjoyed Mrs. Gore's novel The Debutante, adding "I wait for any new book of yours, with eagerness: many write, but few show life as it is, with all its cares & few blessing but those from above."
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