LOUIS-PHILIPPE d’Orléans. - Lot 248

LOUIS-PHILIPPE d’Orléans. 1773–1850. King of the French. Autograph letter to Lady James Hay. No place, January 3, 1848. 1 p., double-leaf, square 8vo; in English. A thank-you letter from King Louis-Philippe to his longtime friend, Lord James, and Mr. Gudin. “I am most thankful for your kind letter. I expected no less from such an old friend. I beg you to thank Lord James and Mr. Gudin on my behalf (…). ” [Louis-Philippe was the godfather of Lady James Hay’s daughter, Louise-Margaret, who had married the painter Théodore Gudin]. ENCLOSED: 2 autograph envelopes from Louis-Philippe to Lady James Hay, bearing a wax seal with the king’s crowned monogram and a postage-free seal from the King’s Cabinet.