BIB_ID
431191
Accession number
MA 1617.212
Creator
Jenkin, Anne Austin, -1921.
Display Date
Morven, Scotland, 1881 July 30.
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Edwin J. Beinecke, 1955.
Description
1 item (6 pages) ; 17.8 x 11.3 and 12.7 x 11.1 cm
Notes
This letter is one of twenty-nine letters from Anne Jenkin to Henley, most of which are undated, but appear to have been written between 1878-1883.
Written from "Glenmorven / Morven."
The year of writing is not provided however Jenkin mentions she received from Sidney Colvin a copy of his "Landor." The book was published in 1881.
Written from "Glenmorven / Morven."
The year of writing is not provided however Jenkin mentions she received from Sidney Colvin a copy of his "Landor." The book was published in 1881.
Provenance
Purchased as the gift of Edwin J. Beinecke, 1955.
Summary
Relating news of the journey to and arrival at Glenmorven with "Four of us - 5 servants - 4 pigeons - 2 peacocks - Jack Martin & a hen!;" describing the peacocks and the physical surroundings of the house; saying "This is a charming place - An Isle of Wight cottage - roses, verandah & all - perchance by a Highland Loch - A beautiful little fir-wood at the back - firs & oaks down to the water's edge in front - & on either side an emerald-green paddock - to the left the high hills in Mull - to the right the Ardnamurchan range - & over all a wild gleaming Highland sky - 2 torrents of rain & my hands so cold I can hardly write;" relating details of the effort by her husband, Fleeming, and her son, Frewen, to stain and varnish the floor, Frewen's plan to bring in the carpet and then lay the carpet, "And all with an earnestness! I was lying on the sofa dead-beat with fatigue - & I laughed myself well - I have no more paper - No one can remember where the stationery was packed...I have Mr. Colvin's "Landor" - He sent it me - but I have not yet read it."
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