No. 8413 of 10319
Sender Date Recipient
John Gibson [+]

Sender’s Location

Rom?

 25.2.1840 [+]

Dating based on

Dateringen fremgår af brevet.

 Margaret Sandbach [+]

Recipient’s Location

Antagelig Hafodunos, Llangernyw
Abstract

Fragments of a letter which must have been written over several days because it first says that Frances Mackenzie is dying – and then that she died the day before. Mackenzies is referred to in extremely positive terms.

25th February 1840

[...] I am very sorry to say that the Honourable Miss Mackenzie is not expected to live. She is the most amiable generous person you can imagine and she has lived here the best part of twenty years. She was to have been married to Thorvaldsen. That is many years ago [...] Our friend Miss Mackenzie died yesterday, she was very talented and ever generous, it is only a few days ago we were at her party. These deaths make one feel very gloomy. [...]

General Comment

Af brevet citeres kun de dele, som vedrører/omhandler Thorvaldsen. Brevet er afskrevet med enkelte ortografiske rettelser og venligt stillet til rådighed af Eric Forster.

Archival Reference
Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / The National Library of Wales, MS 20566E-12.
Thiele
Ikke omtalt hos Thiele.
Subjects
Artistic Environment in Rome · Social Life in Italy · Thorvaldsen's Women
Persons
Frances Mackenzie · Bertel Thorvaldsen
Last updated 01.08.2016 Print