The Collection of a Connoisseur: History in Manuscript
The Collection of a Connoisseur: History in Manuscript
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July 15, 01:16 PM GMT
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100 - 150 GBP
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CARDIGAN, JAMES BRUDENELL, 7TH EARL
TWO AUTOGRAPH LETTERS:
i) to an unnamed correspondent, signed ("Cardigan"), discussing "an affair of a very delicate nature", that he has placed the case in the hands of his "solicitor in London", 3 pages, 8vo, Royal Barracks, 25 August 1843
ii) to Mr Hepburn, in the third person, asking if “he could see Lady Cardigan this afternoon between 2 & 3 o’clock”, 1 page, 8vo, Portman Square, 5 November 1846
Lieutenant-General James Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan, led a life characterised by "adultery and bravado" (ODNB) - the former being, most likely, the subject of the first letter. He achieved the status of national hero for leading the Charge of the Light Brigade in the Crimea.
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