When was it published?

February 4, 1763 in The New Hampshire Gazette

Foreign News February 4, 1763

The New Hampshire Gazette

Q: What keywords are associated?

Venetian Ambassadors, Public Entry, Equipages Paris, Scarlet Velvet Liveries

Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire

View full issue View on Library of Congress PDF Page 1

What is this article about?

Preparations are advancing for the splendid public entry of two Venetian Ambassadors into the capital in the spring, including three superb equipages being made in Paris and luxurious scarlet velvet liveries trimmed with Point d'Espagne lace, valued from forty guineas upward.

Clipping

OCR Quality

95% Excellent

Full Text

The magnificent Public Entry of the two Venetian Ambassadors (which will be in the Spring) will be one of the most elegant and genteel public Shews ever seen in this Capital. The Preparations are already begun to be made, and are forwarding as fast as possible. Three very superb Equipages are now making at Paris. The English Artificers, to whom the Offer was first made, required 12 or 15 Months to make them, which was too long a Time for their Excellencies to wait. The Liveries (which are of Scarlet Velvet, and trimmed with Point d'Espagne Lace) of the Pages and Gentlemen of the Bedchamber, will be the most grand ever seen in Europe, they being proportionably richer one above another, and the meanest valued at Forty Guineas.

What sub-type of article is it?

Diplomatic Court News

What keywords are associated?

Venetian Ambassadors Public Entry Equipages Paris Scarlet Velvet Liveries

What entities or persons were involved?

Two Venetian Ambassadors

Foreign News Details

Event Date

In The Spring

Key Persons

Two Venetian Ambassadors

Event Details

The public entry of the two Venetian Ambassadors will occur in the spring and is anticipated to be one of the most elegant public shows in the capital. Preparations are underway, including three superb equipages being made in Paris after English artificers' timeline was too long. Liveries for pages and gentlemen of the bedchamber are of scarlet velvet trimmed with Point d'Espagne lace, the grandest in Europe, with the least valued at forty guineas.