BIB_ID
402368
Accession number
MA 2148.8
Creator
Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806-1861.
Display Date
[1841 April 15].
Credit line
Acquired from the University of Illinois, 1961.
Description
1 item (6 pages) ; 11 x 9 cm + envelope
Notes
Place and date of writing determined from postmarks and internal evidence: the letter is postmarked April 16, 1841 and dated "Thursday", which was the 15th. See the published editions of the correspondence, cited below, for additional information.
Envelope with stamp and postmarks addressed to: "George Goodin Barrett Esqr/ 3. Paper Buildings/ Temple/ London."
The last part of the letter is written on the inside flap of the envelope.
On mourning stationery.
With a seal.
Envelope with stamp and postmarks addressed to: "George Goodin Barrett Esqr/ 3. Paper Buildings/ Temple/ London."
The last part of the letter is written on the inside flap of the envelope.
On mourning stationery.
With a seal.
Provenance
Acquired from the University of Illinois, 1961.
Summary
Expressing her fears and concerns about a plan of their father's to buy a house in the Black Mountains in Wales: "If our home shd be fixed there, it is the knell of my perpetual exile"; telling George that a "lady painter", Matilda Carter, is coming to the house to paint her portrait, which Elizabeth intends to be a surprise gift for her father: "It is so long since I saw a stranger that I shrink at the thought of the woman's coming tomorrow--even apart from her errand. And a beautiful picture will conclude all!--at least, if she succeed in making a likeness of the white shadow of this face"; commenting that Henrietta goes out a great deal: "I wonder she can bear it, much less like it--but one heart cant judge for another"; sending her love to George and asking that he keep the contents of this letter secret.
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