BIB_ID
196164
Accession number
MA 14025
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870, sender.
Display Date
Higham, Kent, 1867 July 21.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 18.2 x 11.4 cm + envelope.
Notes
Trimmed front of stamped and postmarked envelope reads, "a Monsieur Godin, / Royal Lyceum Theatre / London / W.C."
M. Godin was a master carpenter employed by Dickens to fit a group of three paintings into the walls of the hall of his home at Gad's Hill Place.
M. Godin was a master carpenter employed by Dickens to fit a group of three paintings into the walls of the hall of his home at Gad's Hill Place.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Writing to thank him for "all the trouble" he has taken to install a group of paintings (by the artist Clarkson Stanfield) for Dickens, asking how much he owes Mr. Grey for retouching the pictures, and congratulating M. Godin on his mastery of the English language.
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