BIB_ID
284352
Accession number
MA 68.8
Creator
Carlyle, Jane Welsh, 1801-1866.
Display Date
undated.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 6.2 x 9 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of 7 letters from Jane Welsh Carlyle, 2 letters from Thomas Carlyle, and 2 prints; described in 11 individual records (MA 68.1-11).
"Mrs. Carlyle" and "5 Cheyne Row" are printed on the recto and a short note -- "I hope Dear this may be worn on your mother's birthday" -- is written there, possibly in Jane Carlyle's hand. The verso has a note in another hand -- "sent with a very handsome headdress of crimson ribbon and velvet" -- that is initialed "JC" or "TC." It is not clear who received the headdress.
"Mrs. Carlyle" and "5 Cheyne Row" are printed on the recto and a short note -- "I hope Dear this may be worn on your mother's birthday" -- is written there, possibly in Jane Carlyle's hand. The verso has a note in another hand -- "sent with a very handsome headdress of crimson ribbon and velvet" -- that is initialed "JC" or "TC." It is not clear who received the headdress.
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