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Autograph letter signed : Paris, to his mother, Harriet Collins, 1856 Mar. 19.

BIB_ID
287636
Accession number
MA 3150.49
Creator
Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889.
Display Date
1856 Mar. 19.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1970.
Description
1 item (4 p.) : ill. ; 17.5 cm + envelope
Notes
Includes a drawing on p. 4 of what he can remember of Sir Frederic Leighton's painting.
Part of a collection of 117 letters from Wilkie Collins to his mother, Harriet Collins. Items in the collection are described in individual records (MA 3150.1-117).
With postmark.
Written from No. 63 Avenue des Champs Elysées.
Summary
Telling her that her last letter never arrived; discussing a new house the family has rented; noting that he plans to return in April but can stay with various friends until the new house is ready; lettering her know he received the parcels she sent with Charles Dickens; informing her that he met [Frederic] Leighton and saw his new painting.