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CARNARVON EARL OF: (1866-1923) English Aristocrat, best known as the financial backer of the ...
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CARNARVON EARL OF: (1866-1923) English Aristocrat, best known as the financial backer of the search for and excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings. An extremely rare A.L.S., Carnarvon, one page, 8vo, Seamore Place, London, 26th April 1919, to a gentleman. Carnarvon informs his correspondent that he has sold his house in Berkeley Square and is trying to move into Seamore Place, explaining that if he can find the tailpiece he will let his correspondent know, 'but everything is in a state of extreme chaos here'. In concluding Carnarvon further remarks 'I have also got a drawing of Mrs. Pinchwife'. A few spots of light foxing, some minor creasing and a few small, neat tears to the edges and with a minor area of paper loss to the upper edge, G
Mrs. Margery Pinchwife is a character in the Restoration comedy The Country Wife written in 1675 by William Wycherley. The play reflects an aristocratic anti-Puritan ideology, and was controversial for its sexual explicitness.
