BIB_ID
432874
Accession number
MA 23472
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
London, England, 1843 November 8.
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Purchased for The Dannie and Hettie Heineman Collection as the gift of the Heineman Foundation, 2019.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 18.3 x 11.3 cm
Notes
Written from Devonshire Terrace.
Marion Ely was Thomas Noon Talfourd's niece and lived with the Talfourd family.
The Morgan holds a letter (MA 1352.62) from Dickens to Angela Burdett-Coutts, dated 5 October 1846, in which he mentions that her companion Hannah Meredith Brown as an inspiration for the character of Mrs. Gamp.
Marion Ely was Thomas Noon Talfourd's niece and lived with the Talfourd family.
The Morgan holds a letter (MA 1352.62) from Dickens to Angela Burdett-Coutts, dated 5 October 1846, in which he mentions that her companion Hannah Meredith Brown as an inspiration for the character of Mrs. Gamp.
Provenance
Purchased from Swann Auction Galleries, Sale 2519, lot 165, 10 October 2019.
Summary
Accepting an invitation to the birthday party of Mary Talfourd and commenting on Miss Ely's handwriting, in the voice of the character Mrs. Gamp from Martin Chuzzlewit; written with phonetic spellings such as "yourn," "hold times," and "for hevermore amen."
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