BIB_ID
291637
Accession number
MA 967.2
Creator
Dickens, Henry F. (Henry Fielding), Sir, 1849-1933.
Display Date
1914 June 11.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1919.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 17.7 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope with stamp and postmarks and addressed to "Frank Karslake Esq. / 35 Pond Street / Hampstead."
One of three items accompanying the manuscript Catalogue of the Library at Gad's Hill. These accompanying items are cataloged individually (MA 967.2-4); see related record for more information.
Written on stationery embossed "2, Paper Buildings / Temple E.C." Signed "Henry F. Dickens."
One of three items accompanying the manuscript Catalogue of the Library at Gad's Hill. These accompanying items are cataloged individually (MA 967.2-4); see related record for more information.
Written on stationery embossed "2, Paper Buildings / Temple E.C." Signed "Henry F. Dickens."
Provenance
From a Sotheby's sale; purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from the London dealer Quaritch in 1919.
Summary
Discussing the Catalogue of the Library at Gad's Hill (MA 967.1), stating that the notes "Lent to H.F.D." inscribed thrice in the catalogue were probably made by his brother, Charles Dickens Jr., to whom the library was bequeathed at Dickens' death, since it was not customary for his father to do so when lending books to Henry Dickens.
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