[Baron von Bunsen [Christian Karl Josias von Bunsen], Prussian Ambassador to the Court of St James’s.] Autograph Letter Signed and Autograph Note Signed to Lady Theresa Villiers, the letter with reference to a young child's party.

Written while Bunsen was Ambassador in London, 1841-1854. The recipient Lady Theresa Lewis (1803-1865) was the sister of the Liberal Foreign Secretary the 4th Earl of Clarendon, and successively the wife of the novelist Thomas Henry Lister (1800-1842) and the Liberal politician Sir George Cornewall Lewis (1806-1863), all of whom also have entries in the Oxford DNB. Both items in good condition, lightly aged, on pieces of gilt-edged paper, folded for postage. Bunsen is writing from part of what was known as ‘Prussia House’. ANS (‘Tuesday 24.’): 1p, 32mo. ‘My dear Lady Teresa [sic] / It will give me great pleasure to avail myself of your kind invitation to dinner next Saturday 1/4 p. 7 o’clock. Every yours faithfully / Bunsen’. ALS (‘25’): 2pp, 32mo. Addressing ‘Dear Lady Theresa’ and signed ‘Bunsen’. He is sorry he cannot avail himself of her ‘kind & welcome invitation’ as he is ‘long since engaged for that day to Mr Gough’. ‘I see still your happy & enchanting [?] moving before my mind’s eye & hope the little one is as happy as on that night.’