TC TO LADY ASHBURTON ; 31 December 1853; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18530000-TC-LA-01; CL 28: 372
TC TO LADY ASHBURTON
[late 1853?]
Christo Sacrum
Ille Dei verbo magna pietate favebat;
Perpetua dignus Posteritate coli.
D.FRIDR. Duci Saxon.1 (means Friedrich
(Elector of Saxony
&c
Albertus Durer. Nur. Faciebat
MDXXIII2
A very beautiful old Print,3 of a fat wise Elector, with much curly beard, fur round his neck, and a cloth cap on his head.
——Lies waiting to show itself to you by the first opportunity; and will now always remind me of you,—were that needed. Do not give me anything more, O my Bountiful; have you not given me enough already, more than I can ever repay!— —Tomorrow or tonight, if you are not at home today.
T.C.
