BIB_ID
101593
Accession number
MA 470.54
Creator
Hunt, William Holman, 1827-1910.
Display Date
1873 Mar. 27.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 17.6 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of letters from William Makepeace Thackeray to Jane Octavia Brookfield and others. Letters in the collection have been described individually; see related collection-level record for more information.
Written on mourning paper.
Written on mourning paper.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.541
Summary
Noting that he had planned to accept her invitation for the previous night but did not realize how late it had become and was obliged to return home from a dinner party to answer letters.
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