BIB_ID
403431
Accession number
MA 8917.35
Creator
Browning, Sarianna, 1814-1903.
Display Date
[1861 August 26].
Credit line
Acquired from the University of Illinois, 1961.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 20.8 x 13.3 cm + envelope
Notes
Date of writing estimated from the postmark.
Addressed to: "Angleterre/ Anthony Snellgrove/ Bank of England/ London."
In an unknown hand, on the front of the envelope: "Decease of Mrs. Barrett Browning."
On mourning stationery.
With a seal containing the word "Roma."
The recipient of this letter was either the Anthony Snellgrove who had worked with Robert Browning, Sr. at the Bank of England, or his son, also named Anthony Snellgrove, who is known to have been an intimate of the Brownings.
Addressed to: "Angleterre/ Anthony Snellgrove/ Bank of England/ London."
In an unknown hand, on the front of the envelope: "Decease of Mrs. Barrett Browning."
On mourning stationery.
With a seal containing the word "Roma."
The recipient of this letter was either the Anthony Snellgrove who had worked with Robert Browning, Sr. at the Bank of England, or his son, also named Anthony Snellgrove, who is known to have been an intimate of the Brownings.
Provenance
Acquired from the University of Illinois, 1961.
Summary
Apologizing for not responding earlier; describing the death of her sister-in-law Elizabeth Barrett Browning as a "sad blow"; explaining that the effect on Robert Browning was severe: "[H]is bodily strength gave way, and caused us great uneasiness"; telling Snellgrove that her brother has given up his residence in Italy and is staying for the time being with herself, their father Robert Browning Sr., and his son Pen in a secluded village on the sea coast in Brittany; commenting that the calm and sea air have already done him good; writing that Robert Browning intends to return to England in order to give his son an English education; describing Pen: "The little fellow is strong and rosy, and gallops on his poney over this beautiful coast with great glee"; telling him that she has written to her uncle (possibly Reuben Browning) to direct him to send Snellgrove ten shillings "for the schools"; sending her own and her father's "kindest remembrance to you and yours."
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