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Letter from Lord Rosebery, Balmoral Castle, to W. E. Henley, 1897 October 3 : autograph manuscript signed with initials.

BIB_ID
136467
Accession number
MA 1617.401
Creator
Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose, Earl of, 1847-1929.
Display Date
Balmoral Castle, Scotland, 1897 October 3.
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Edwin J. Beinecke, 1955.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 18.6 x 12.1 cm
Notes
Written on mourning stationery from "Balmoral Castle" on stationery with "Balmoral Castle" engraved under a small black crown.
Provenance
Purchased as the gift of Edwin J. Beinecke, 1955.
Summary
Saying "As to the Sitting, I hope you will excuse me. I am now a private individual, without any claim or wish to appear in a series of public portraits, and with a loathing, public or private, of sitting for a portrait. As to the fourth volume, for which I sincerely thank you, I have packed it off to Dalmeny (where I return tomorrow) with the most eager intention of reading your essay. I hoped by the bye that you were going to propose yourself at Dalmeny?