BIB_ID
159741
Accession number
MA 22980.1
Creator
Freshfield, Augusta Charlotte Ritchie, 1847-1911.
Display Date
London, England, 1894 November 21.
Credit line
Purchased, 1969.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 15.2 x 10.1 cm
Notes
Acquired with and housed with a second letter from Mrs. Freshfield to Mrs. Du Maurier, MA 22980.2.
Previously accessioned as MA 4452 with a large collection of correspondence of George Du Maurier.
The year of writing is not provided however Mrs. Freshfield refers to the last number of Trilby which came out in Harper's Monthly in August 1894. She invites them for Thursday, the 6th or Friday the 7th, both of which are in the following month, December 1894.
Written on mourning stationery engraved "1, Airlie Gardens, / Campden Hill,. W."
Previously accessioned as MA 4452 with a large collection of correspondence of George Du Maurier.
The year of writing is not provided however Mrs. Freshfield refers to the last number of Trilby which came out in Harper's Monthly in August 1894. She invites them for Thursday, the 6th or Friday the 7th, both of which are in the following month, December 1894.
Written on mourning stationery engraved "1, Airlie Gardens, / Campden Hill,. W."
Provenance
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1969.
Summary
Inviting her and Mr. du Maurier to dinner on Thursday 6th or Friday 7th. There is a darling little man in London just now H.H. Johnston the Governour of Nyassa Land He takes in 3 french reviews in Central Africa, reads every thing and is simply prostrate with adoration of Peter Ibbetson - He loved it so much he says that he can't love Trilby quite in the same first love way. He knows most people but has never met Mr. du Maurier. I have promised to do my best to give him that real treat. It would be at least as great a treat to me too - only I know what a long drive it is from Hampstead! Would you accept our spare room for the night? We should be so delighted & proud."
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