BIB_ID
402966
Accession number
MA 2148.90
Creator
Browning, Robert, 1812-1889.
Display Date
1889 April 8.
Credit line
Acquired from the University of Illinois, 1961.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 17.7 x 11.3 cm
Notes
On stationery with the blind embossed heading: "29. De Vere Gardens./ W." Though no additional place of writing is given, RB is known to have lived at this address in London during the last years of his life. See the published edition of the correspondence and the checklist, cited below, for additional information.
Provenance
Acquired from the University of Illinois, 1961.
Summary
Writing that the drawing of Hope End that George has sent is just what he was looking for (see MA 2148.89); asking other questions about Hope End; mentioning that "Ocky" (Octavius) has sent a miniature of EBB; writing that George Smith is wholly to be trusted with these items, and that as soon as engravings are made, the originals will be returned to their owners; asking for other biographical details; telling George that Pen's portrait of him has been seen and praised by John Everett Millais, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Joseph Joachim, and George Henry Boughton, among others; mentioning that Frederic Leighton has heard that the portrait is "exquisite"; writing that it has been asked for by the Grosvenor Gallery, and that Pen is well-represented in the Paris Exposition, with both paintings and sculptures in the show.
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