BIB_ID
400934
Accession number
MA 8820.6
Creator
Arnold, Richard Penrose, 1855-1908.
Display Date
1904 April 17.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 17.7 x 11.3 cm
Notes
Acquired as part of a large collection of letters addressed to William Angus Knight, Chair of Moral Philosophy at the University of St. Andrews and Wordsworth scholar. Items in the collection have been individually accessioned and cataloged.
Richard Penrose Arnold was the third son of Matthew Arnold.
With a watermark consisting of a crown and the words "Embassy/ De La Rue & Co."
Written on stationery with embossed letterhead reading "Eddington,/ Lansdowne Road,/ Bournemouth."
Richard Penrose Arnold was the third son of Matthew Arnold.
With a watermark consisting of a crown and the words "Embassy/ De La Rue & Co."
Written on stationery with embossed letterhead reading "Eddington,/ Lansdowne Road,/ Bournemouth."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Sending news of improvements in his wife Ella's health; explaining that, in her will, his mother, Frances Lucy Arnold, set aside a sum to be given to the University of Oxford to fund the prize awarded in Matthew Arnold's memory; detailing the way the prize was to be administered; writing that since the funding was accepted by the university, he has not heard anything further about the recipients of the prize; expressing his pleasure at the news that Edward Elgar has been made a member of the Athenaeum Club.
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