BIB_ID
340843
Accession number
MA 4581
Creator
Montalba, Clara, 1842-1929.
Display Date
[1890 Dec. 30].
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Julius Fleischmann, 1986.
Description
1 item (4 p.) : ill. ; 15.4 cm + envelope
Notes
Date of writing from postmarks.
Envelope (also embossed with an image of Mark) with stamp and postmarks and addressed to "Mrs. Flower / 26 Stanhope Gardens / South Kensington / London S.W. / England."
Illustrated with two sketches of Venetian boats, one titled "from my studio."
Written on stationery embossed with an image of a winged lion (Mark), holding an open book or tablet, from "Palazzo Trevisan, 809 Campo S. Angnese."
Envelope (also embossed with an image of Mark) with stamp and postmarks and addressed to "Mrs. Flower / 26 Stanhope Gardens / South Kensington / London S.W. / England."
Illustrated with two sketches of Venetian boats, one titled "from my studio."
Written on stationery embossed with an image of a winged lion (Mark), holding an open book or tablet, from "Palazzo Trevisan, 809 Campo S. Angnese."
Provenance
Sale (New York, Christies, 9 December 1986, lot 17); purchased as the gift of Mrs. Julius Fleischmann, 1986.
Summary
Thanking her husband Professor Flower for his intercession, which allowed her pictures (?) to remain where they are throughout the winter; describing the weather; mentioning that she paints in her studio until half past four and it has not yet become dark that early.
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