BIB_ID
441200
Accession number
MA 14350.21
Creator
Howitt, Anna Mary, 1824-1884, sender.
Display Date
London, England, 1854 October 1
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (8 pages) ; 18.2 x 11.2 cm
Notes
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
Thanking Barbara for her note and expressing gratitude to her and Nanny for inquiring about her health; noting that she just wrote to Nanny as well and has asked her to forward the letter to Barbara; explaining why she cannot leave home this autumn; expressing that she is happy to hear that Barbara likes Mr. Blackwell; hoping that Conway will have her frame done this week; noting that she heard from Rossetti the other day and "Poor Miss Siddal has been very ill - but is better"; feeling concerned that Rossetti has not sent his sketching folio because she does not want them to be late with their designs; wishing she could show her a picture of her father's study.
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