BIB_ID
291256
Accession number
MA 113.66
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
1851 Sept. 25.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1894.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 18.1 cm
Notes
Part of a large collection of letters from Charles Dickens to his brother-in-law Henry Austin. Items in the collection are described separately; see MA 113 for more information.
Written from Broadstairs, Kent, on mourning paper. Signed "CD."
Written from Broadstairs, Kent, on mourning paper. Signed "CD."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. in 1894.
Summary
Discussing the renovations to Tavistock House, mentioning that he is "a good deal bothered about ordering a looking glass for the drawing room, to fit that recess opposite the fireplace."
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