BIB_ID
420817
Accession number
MA 1352.144
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
London, England, 1849 February 5.
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the Fellows, 1951.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 18.1 x 11.0 cm
Notes
The letter is part of a collection, MA 1352, which consists of letters from Charles Dickens to the Baroness, to her companion Hannah (Meredith) Brown, or the latter's husband, William Brown; with 70 letters written by others to Miss Coutts or to Dickens in his capacity as her unofficial almoner; and a few others. See the collection-level record for more information.
Written on mourning stationery from "Devonshire Terrace / Fifth February 1849."
Written on mourning stationery from "Devonshire Terrace / Fifth February 1849."
Provenance
The letters formed part of the Burdett-Coutts sale (Sotheby, 17 May 1922); they were purchased for Oliver W. Barrett in whose collection they remained until it was sold by his son (Parke-Bernet, 31 October 1951).
Summary
Commenting on Miss Cunliffe and discussing other Shepherd's Bush business; saying "I was at the Home on Saturday, when I found Miss Cunliffe looking like a Stage Maniac in a domestic drama, or an illustration of 'The Bottle' on very bad paper. All that Mrs. Holdsworth related of the three emigrants, interested and pleased me very much;" referring to the "new girl," the "weekly lesson of Mr. Hullah," and a begging letter that she had received from Frederic Tolfrey.
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