BIB_ID
340842
Accession number
MA 4581
Creator
Montalba, Clara, 1842-1929.
Display Date
[1890 Dec. 7].
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Julius Fleischmann, 1986.
Description
1 item (3 p.) : ill. ; 24.2 cm + envelope
Notes
Date of writing from postmarks.
Envelope with stamps and postmarks and addressed to "Mrs. Flower / 26 Stanhope Gardens / South Kensington / London, England."
Illustrated with two sketches of Venetian boats.
Written from "Casa Petrarca / 4146 Riva degli Schiavoni / Venice."
Envelope with stamps and postmarks and addressed to "Mrs. Flower / 26 Stanhope Gardens / South Kensington / London, England."
Illustrated with two sketches of Venetian boats.
Written from "Casa Petrarca / 4146 Riva degli Schiavoni / Venice."
Provenance
Sale (New York, Christies, 9 December 1986, lot 17); purchased as the gift of Mrs. Julius Fleischmann, 1986.
Summary
Sending new year's greetings; describing the view from her window; lamenting the death of Mr. Browning [the December before].
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