Letter : to George Augustus Frederick, Prince of Wales, 1796 May 6.

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Title: Letter : to George Augustus Frederick, Prince of Wales, 1796 May 6.
Creator: Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Abstract: Copy in a single hand of a letter from Caroline of Brunswick to her husband George IV when he was Prince of Wales
Description: In French.
Signed "C" and dated "6 Mai 1796" on p. [3].
Trimmed annotation in English on p. [4]: Queen Caroline letter to [the] [...?].
Watermark, partially trimmed: C. Wil[...?] 180[...?].
Formerly laid in at page 173 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806].
Transcription and translation of letter printed in: Huish, R. Memoirs of Her late Majesty Caroline, queen of Great Britain ... London, Printed for T. Kelly, 1821, v. 1, pages 78-9.
Housed in mylar sleeve matted to 49 x 37 cm.
Original case shelved separately.
Provenance: Merian drawings purchased by Richard Bull from the collection of Doctor Fothergill (1712-1780). Album purchased by W.S. Lewis at the Julia Swinburne and Lady Jane Ashburnham sale, Sotheby's, lot 426, 20 July 1954.
Extent: 1 23 cm item ([4] p.) ;
Language: French

Genre: Watermarks (Paper)
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Name): George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830.
Subjects: George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Bull, Richard, 1725-1806 > Ownership

Access: Public
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Citation: Queen Caroline, Letter to an Unidentified Recipient. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.