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Document number: 2044
Date: 04 Sep 1830
Recipient: TALBOT William Henry Fox
Author: PYMONT W
Collection: British Library, London, Manuscripts - Fox Talbot Collection
Last updated: 1st September 2003

4 Sepr 1830

13 Kings Head Court
Westminster

Sir

Presuming that which I have to mention may be very desirable to you, I take the liberty to make it known to You – I allude to a small and very beautiful Portrait of a distinguished Lady of one of the Ducal branches of the House of Talbot; being that of the celebrated Miss Jennings <1> of Grammonts Memoirs, <2> who married first Count Hamilton of the Abercorn Family and secondly Richard Talbot Duke of Tyrconnel in Ireland – It is by a first rate Master the celebrated S Cooper, <3> and is inlaid in a superb border like a Missal, the Arms of Talbot & Jennings are thereon – she was Sister of Sarah Dss of Marlborough <4> – the size of it that is the frame is about a foot square – Should you wish to purchase this interesting Family Memorial price 25 Guas, I shall be glad at once to forward it to the Abbey for inspection &c and subject to be returned in not approved of – it is every way worthy of the Abbey & is a handsome & interesting Memorial to be preserved in Your Family – With every Apology for the Intrusion,

I am Sir
Yrs most Obedy

W Pymont

H F Talbot Esq
&c &c &c

H F Talbot Esq
Laycock Abbey
Chippenham
Wilts.

Notes:

1. Fanny Jennings, famous for her great beauty, first married Count Hamilton, and secondly, Richard Talbot, Earl of Tyrconnell.

2. Count Grammont, Memoirs of the Court of Charles II.

3. Samuel Cooper (1609–1672), eminent miniature painter.

4. Sarah Churchill, née Jennings, Duchess of Marlborough (1660–1744), confidante of Queen Anne of England.