BIB_ID
291400
Accession number
MA 113.112
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
1854 Sept. 6.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1894.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 17.9 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 Villa du Campe de droite, Boulogne. Signed "CD."
Written from Villa du Campe de droite, Boulogne. Signed "CD."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. in 1894.
Summary
Mentioning the Austins' intended visit, and describing Boulogne. Mentioning the illumination of their house the previous evening.
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