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Theatre and Entertainment, London, Covent Garden, Royal Italian Opera, an oval pink-stained ivory pass, 1860, Tuesday, Box 29, 3, named (Lady Meux), 51 x 35mm (D & W –; cf. MG 273), Royal Italian Opera, an ivory pass, 1861, Box 64, 1, named (Lady Meux), 37mm, both signed by J. Parsons (D & W 15/178; MG 266); Lyceum, Royal Italian Opera, an ivory pass, 1857, Box 22, No.4, named (Lady Meux), signed by J. Parsons, 39mm (D & W –; MG 292) [3]. Very fine, a rare group; first two with original faded red ribands (£150-250)

Provenance:
Glendining Auction, 16 March 1988, lot 43.

Lady Louisa-Caroline, daughter of the Marquess of Ailesbury, married Sir Henry Meux (1817-83) on 19 January 1856; they lived at Sheen House, East Sheen. Illustration reduced