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Letter from Edwin Landseer, Brighton, to Catherine Grace Frances Gore, 1857 April 28 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
439760
Accession number
MA 14345.67
Creator
Landseer, Edwin, Sir, 1802-1873, sender.
Display Date
Brighton, England, 1857 April 28
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 15.9 x 10 cm
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Apologizing for his neglect of her, writing that he has been ill and unable to attend to his professional duties, including meetings of the Royal Academy Council; informing her that he is currently staying at the Bristol Hotel in Brighton where he is trying to be less timid", but that North Easterly winds keep him indoors; and asking her to tell Lady E.P. to return the books Mrs. Gore sent him "which she borrowed to lend to a learned grey Lord."