BIB_ID
402967
Accession number
MA 2148.91
Creator
Browning, Robert, 1812-1889.
Display Date
1889 April 16.
Credit line
Acquired from the University of Illinois, 1961.
Description
1 item (4 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
Thanking George for his letter; writing that he will make use of the information George has provided, but only to show the untrustworthiness of accounts of EBB's life such as Ingram's; mentioning that he may attempt a "fuller account" at some point; concerning portraits of EBB, writing that George Smith prefers the one by Hayter, given to RB by Mary Trepsack, to the miniature in Octavius's possession; telling George that they have had a letter from Pen and Fannie, who have been hosting many visitors, the most recent being Odo and Arthur Russell: "the owners of the Palazzo do its honours in high glee"; discussing the confirmation he has heard from various quarters that Ca' Rezzonico was a sound financial investment.
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