BIB_ID
195796
Accession number
MA 13517
Creator
Browning, Robert, 1812-1889.
Display Date
1871 May 18.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 18.2 x 11.3 cm
Notes
George Knox Gillespie was employed by Browning as a tutor for his son, Robert ("Pen") Browning.
Written on stationery with embossed crest (lion rampant above shield above motto "Virtute").
Written on stationery with embossed crest (lion rampant above shield above motto "Virtute").
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Expressing his satisfaction at hearing of "the success of our application" and promising to send a packet of verses by his son, Robert, in the mail ("You must remember they are the very first attempts of the poor fellow, - but there is no fear that you will deny your indulgence"); noting that his sister is abroad in Germany.
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