MORSE, SAMUEL FINLEY BREESE (1791-1872). Autograph letter signed ("Sam:F:B:Morse," with paraph) to Catherine Pattison, London, 4 July 1838. 2 pages, 4to, 252 x 205 mm. (10 x 7.7/8 in.), separate address leaf with ship mail postmark, minor fold separations. AN AMERICAN AT QUEEN VICTORIA'S CORONATION "...I have seen the Coronation... unquestionably the most gorgeous pageant that our times have witnessed. I saw the coronation of the Pope in 1830 in Rome, but it was mere tinsel in comparison...I was so fortunate to receive a ticket from the Duke of Norfolk for a seat in Westminster...The whole glorious scene passed directly beneath me, for the procession with all its richness was formed in the Nave within a few feet of me...The Peeresses with their diamonds in profusion, and crimson velvet and ermine robes, are a fine set of women...The Queen is a pretty girl of 18...She excited personal interest from her manners & appearance aside from her magnificence in dress...She looked most gorgeous, when she returned from the Choir with her crown...her sceptre of gold and diamonds in her right hand, and the golden orb...in her right..."
MORSE, SAMUEL FINLEY BREESE (1791-1872). Autograph letter signed ("Sam:F:B:Morse," with paraph) to Catherine Pattison, London, 4 July 1838. 2 pages, 4to, 252 x 205 mm. (10 x 7.7/8 in.), separate address leaf with ship mail postmark, minor fold separations. AN AMERICAN AT QUEEN VICTORIA'S CORONATION "...I have seen the Coronation... unquestionably the most gorgeous pageant that our times have witnessed. I saw the coronation of the Pope in 1830 in Rome, but it was mere tinsel in comparison...I was so fortunate to receive a ticket from the Duke of Norfolk for a seat in Westminster...The whole glorious scene passed directly beneath me, for the procession with all its richness was formed in the Nave within a few feet of me...The Peeresses with their diamonds in profusion, and crimson velvet and ermine robes, are a fine set of women...The Queen is a pretty girl of 18...She excited personal interest from her manners & appearance aside from her magnificence in dress...She looked most gorgeous, when she returned from the Choir with her crown...her sceptre of gold and diamonds in her right hand, and the golden orb...in her right..."
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