BIB_ID
101750
Accession number
MA 1325.1-7
Creator
Jameson, Mrs. (Anna), 1794-1860.
Display Date
1846 Sept. 22-Oct. 15.
Credit line
Gift of the Fellows, 1950.
Description
7 items (27 p.), unbound ; size varies + envelopes
Notes
Some letters with postmark, seal, and wrapper. See individual records for details.
Provenance
By descent to Lady Byron's grandson, Ralph Gordon Noel King, 2nd Earl of Lovelace; given by him to Robert Browning in 1873; purchased by James Tregaskis at the Browning sale (Sotheby's London, May 1-6, 1913, lot 228); Curtis Hidden Page.
Summary
A collection of seven letters: five are written by Anna Jameson to Lady Byron and describe the arrival in Paris of Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning on their honeymoon and Jameson's journey with them through France to Italy (MA 1325.1-5); the other two letters are written by Lady Byron's grandson (Ralph Gordon Noel Lovelace) to Robert Browning and relate to his presentation of Anna Jameson's letters to Browning (MA 1325.6-7). Items in the collection are described in individual records (MA 1325.1-7).
Housed in
Rust quarter leather drop-spine box (31.8 cm).
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