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Letter from Anna Mary Howitt, Munich, to Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon, 1851 February 10 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
440843
Accession number
MA 14350.14
Creator
Howitt, Anna Mary, 1824-1884, sender.
Display Date
Munich, Germany, 1851 February 10.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (8 pages) ; 21.2 x 13.2 cm
Notes
Without envelope.
Written from "No. 57 Amalien Strasse Munich".
Forms part of a collection of letters written by Anna Mary Howitt to Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon (1827-1891); see MA 14350.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Sharing that she is happy to hear from Barbara; consoling her about their potential plan to live in the woods together; discussing her potential marriage to Edward, and reassuring Barbara that her marriage will not affect their friendship; discussing her high regard for Kaulbach as both an artist and a person with whom she has had many discussions of art; describing her experience of watching him create art.