BIB_ID
190317
Accession number
MA 9087.43
Creator
Brooke, Stopford A. (Stopford Augustus), 1832-1916.
Display Date
1898 July 19.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 11.5 x 8.9 cm
Notes
Acquired as part of a large collection of letters addressed to William Angus Knight, Chair of Moral Philosophy at the University of St. Andrews and Wordsworth scholar. Items in the collection have been individually accessioned and cataloged.
The place of writing is taken from the postmark.
Addressed to: "Prof. Knight. / University. / St. Andrews. / N. B."
The place of writing is taken from the postmark.
Addressed to: "Prof. Knight. / University. / St. Andrews. / N. B."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Telling Knight that he will get an estimate from Dunthorne about the cost of framing the portraits Knight has given to Dove Cottage: "I do not see why the things sh. not be framed by your arrival in Septr. at Dove Cottage, & be there to meet you"; suggesting that the rest of the prints donated by Knight be displayed in an album, which could also be prepared by Dunthorne; mentioning that he is just about to go abroad; informing him that the "doing up of the room -- bookcases -- heating, ventilation etc. is likely to cost about 150.0.0. I don't know where we can get the money"; suggesting that Knight write to his brother William Brooke in Dublin about the details of the renovation; discussing fundraising: "To get the money is the really important thing. I don't see why the Wordsworth family sh. not take some interest in the matter. [Elkin] Mathews says he will get 20.0.0 [George] Craik has promised 5.0.0"; giving Knight his address in Germany.
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