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Creator
Blessington, Charles John Gardiner, Earl of, 1782-1829
Call number
Pforz MS
Physical description
1 item
Preferred Citation
Lord Blessington manuscript material : 1 item, Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library
Repository
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
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Charles John Gardiner, 1st Earl of Blessington, husband of Lady Blessington. He wrote Observations addressed to His Excellency the Marquis Wellesley ... on the state of Ireland (1822) and De Vavasour: a tale of the fourteenth century (1826). To Sir Thomas Lawrence [?] : 1 autograph letter signed : 8 Jun [1824?] : (B'ANA 0353) : on Lord Byron's death and Lady Blessington's travels, refers to a portrait of Lord Blessington the recipient is finishing. Lawrence started a portrait of Lord Blessington in 1812 -- it was never fully finished, and sold at the Gore House sale in 1849 as lot 1031.

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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Third Floor, Room 319

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