BIB_ID
291291
Accession number
MA 113.74
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
1851 Oct. 14.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1894.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 18.1 cm
Notes
Letter is incomplete; a second sheet is missing.
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.
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.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. in 1894.
Summary
Discussing at length and appending a diagram for the design of the bath and shower at Tavistock House, noting that he must be able to take a warm bath and a cold shower in it at will. Also discussing renovations to the drawing room, study and whether there should be ornaments around the lamps on the ceiling ("Yes, in the Hall. No, in the Schoolroom.")
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