George, the Fourth (when Prince Regent.) Autograph letter to the Marquis of Wellington : a royal appreciation of the Duke's sweeping victory over the French in the Peninsular War, 1808-1814, [1814].
King George IV (1762-1830)
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
1814
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3141790
Summary
Bibliographic description
[13] leaves, bound ; 24 cm. Provenance: gilt-stamped coat of arms of Lord Fairhaven on upper board [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Twentieth-century full red morocco; single gilt fillet to form an outer border; gilt-stamped coat of arms of Lord Fairhaven on upper board [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]; spine lettered direct (gilt-tooled): 'George IVt.h. and Wellington - (1814)'; double gilt fillet on turn-ins; gilt textblock edges. Binder's gilt stamp on rear turn-in: 'Robson & Co Ltd'. In red cloth-covered slip case.
Makers and roles
King George IV (1762-1830), author