Nelson, Horatio Lord

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("NELSON & BRONTE"), WITH A LENGTHY POSTSCRIPT BY EMMA HAMILTON, TO GEORGE MATCHAM

Nelson, Horatio Lord

EXPRESSING THEIR SHARED ANGER AND CONTEMPT FOR THE RECENT BEHAVIOUR OF NELSON'S WIFE, Nelson also discussing the Matchams' plans for a visit to Europe ("...The environs of both Dresden & Vienna are beautiful I believe Dresden much the cheapest place..."), Emma Hamilton writing on domestic affairs, looking forward to a visit from the Matchams and describing a recent ball ("...We have had a delightfull Ball Charlotte out did herself Like an angel she was that night the Little Boltons were Charmed..."), 2 pages (one page by Nelson, one page by Emma Hamilton), 4to, Merton, 11 January 1803, integral autograph address leaf, seal tear

"...What impudent Pride may do is not worth consideration except return the Card from whence it came..."

Provenance:
George Matcham (Nelson's brother-in-law), thence by descent; London, Sotheby’s, Trafalgar: Nelson and the Napoleonic Wars, 5 October 2005, lot 39