BIB_ID
431193
Accession number
MA 1617.213
Creator
Jenkin, Anne Austin, -1921.
Display Date
Morven, Scotland, 1881 October 9.
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Edwin J. Beinecke, 1955.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 17.8 x 11.4 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. N.B." on stationery engraved with the address.
Year of writing from a reference to Robert Louis Stevenson's "John Inglesant" which was published in 1881 and Henley assuming the position of Editor of the Magazine of Art on November 1, 1881.
Written from "Glenmorven / Morven. N.B." on stationery engraved with the address.
Year of writing from a reference to Robert Louis Stevenson's "John Inglesant" which was published in 1881 and Henley assuming the position of Editor of the Magazine of Art on November 1, 1881.
Provenance
Purchased as the gift of Edwin J. Beinecke, 1955.
Summary
Congratulating Henley and his wife on "your news;" adding "The only bit of disappointment is that you should be in Edinburgh while we are away. But soon - I hope - we shall meet - We also rejoice over your account of Mr. Stevenson - Have you read "John Inglesant"? We are curious to know...You will see my play? I am writing in haste - I end, as I began, with outstretched hands of congratulation."
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