BIB_ID
291418
Accession number
MA 113.119
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
1856 Apr. 17.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1894.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 18.6 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 Paris, 49 Champs Elysées. Signed "CD."
Written from Paris, 49 Champs Elysées. Signed "CD."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. in 1894.
Summary
Concerning Dickens' support for the bust to be commissioned of Southwood Smith. Discussing Dickens' summer plans, inviting Henry and Letitia Austin to visit them in Boulogne. Noting that the purchase of Gad's Hill had been completed.
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