BIB_ID
406205
Accession number
MA 9105.2
Creator
Browning, Frances Coddington, 1853-1935.
Display Date
1899 May 24.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 17.9 x 11.2 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.
Frances Browning gives the place of writing as "Palazzo Rezzonico / Venice."
Signed "Fannie Browning."
Frances Browning gives the place of writing as "Palazzo Rezzonico / Venice."
Signed "Fannie Browning."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Writing on behalf of her husband Robert Wiedemann Barrett Browning and apologizing for the fact that they did not get a chance to see Knight during his stay in southern Europe; adding her own regrets and hoping that they will "be more fortunate next time you find yourself near us."
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