BIB_ID
421181
Accession number
MA 1352.269
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
London, England, 1852 June 3.
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the Fellows, 1951.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 18.0 x 11.3 cm
Notes
Signed with initials.
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 from "Tavistock House / Third June 1852."
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 from "Tavistock House / Third June 1852."
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
Saying "I couldn't manage it today - a disappointment, because I never yet saw you the least in the world like a fine lady! My only consolation is, that I did a good day's work. The enclosed note, I think puts an end to that case - if you think so too."
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