BIB_ID
195546
Accession number
MA 13066
Creator
Arnold, Matthew, 1822-1888.
Display Date
[1887?] Mar. 2.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 17.8 cm
Notes
Addressed from: 3, Wilton Street, Belgrave Square.
Matthew Arnold resided at 3 Wilton Street in Belgrave Square during the year 1887.
Matthew Arnold's brother, William Delafield Arnold, Director of Public Instruction in the Punjab, died at Gibraltar, on his return from India, April 9, 1859.
Matthew Arnold resided at 3 Wilton Street in Belgrave Square during the year 1887.
Matthew Arnold's brother, William Delafield Arnold, Director of Public Instruction in the Punjab, died at Gibraltar, on his return from India, April 9, 1859.
Provenance
Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Thanking him for a photograph of a grave (evidently that of his brother, William Arnold) which, he notes, Lord Napier of Magdala intends to have cleaned and repaired; stating that he plans to hang the photograph in his sun room, "along with poor dear Willy's likeness", and that his sister, Mrs. Forster would like to have the photograph; extending an invitation to lunch.
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