BIB_ID
287151
Accession number
MA 3151.51
Creator
Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889.
Display Date
1869 Jan. 25.
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Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1970.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 20.7 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of 86 letters from Wilkie Collins to Charles Ward. Items in this collection are described in individual records (MA 3151.1-86).
Written on mourning stationery embossed "90, Gloucester Place, Portman Square. W." Signed "Ever yours / W.C."
Written on mourning stationery embossed "90, Gloucester Place, Portman Square. W." Signed "Ever yours / W.C."
Summary
Asking for the name of the present Keeper of prints at the British Museum, noting that the Scene Painter at the Adelphi "wants some authorities for the scenery of [Collins's] new play" (i.e., Black and White). With a postscript regarding accounts.
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