BIB_ID
291638
Accession number
MA 967.3
Creator
Dickens, Henry F. (Henry Fielding), Sir, 1849-1933.
Display Date
1914 June 12.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1919.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 18 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope with stamp and postmarks and addressed to "Frank Karslake Esq. / 35 Pond Street / N.W. 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 in purple "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 in purple "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
Thanking him for the gift of a book. Discussing the Catalogue of the Library at Gad's Hill (MA 967.1), explaining that the bookplate of his father Charles Dickens appears on the flyleaf of the item since it is a catalogue of his library. Noting that it was probably not prepared during his father's lifetime, but rather by his brother Charles Dickens, Jr. on his inheritance of the library in 1870.
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