Title

Letter from Queen Mary II to Frances Lumley, 29th July 1692.Artist: Queen Mary II

Caption

Letter from Queen Mary II to Frances Lumley, 29th July 1692. Letter written from Kensington at midnight by Queen Mary II to Frances Lumley, Countess of Scarborough, one of the ladies of her bedchamber, announcing the news of the Battle of Steenkerque (24th July) and the safety of the King, (William of Orange) and Lord Scarborough. From the second series of Facsimiles of royal, historical, literary and other autographs in the Department of Manuscripts, British Museum: Series I-V. (London, 1899).
The Print Collector collection

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C17_263

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,4Mb (3,6Mb) / 12,6in x 15,5in / 3787 x 4651 (300dpi)

Keywords

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