BIB_ID
324620
Accession number
MA 469.27
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Display Date
"Thursday" [1849].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) : ill. ; 16.5 cm
Notes
Address panel with evidence of a seal and addressed to "Mrs. Brookfield."
Illustrated with a sketch of a nightingale singing while perched on a drooping rose.
Part of a collection of letters primarily from William Makepeace Thackeray to Jane Octavia Brookfield. Letters in the collection have been described individually; see related collection-level record for more information.
Possible year of writing identified by Ray.
Illustrated with a sketch of a nightingale singing while perched on a drooping rose.
Part of a collection of letters primarily from William Makepeace Thackeray to Jane Octavia Brookfield. Letters in the collection have been described individually; see related collection-level record for more information.
Possible year of writing identified by Ray.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Summary
Concerning an invitation he received from Mr. Benedict to meet Jenny Lind the following day and describing his response in which he contrived to invite his mother and Mrs. Brookfield as well. Suggesting that he meet her at nine o'clock to "accompany you to the Swedish Nightingale."
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