BIB_ID
441201
Accession number
MA 14350.24
Creator
Howitt, Anna Mary, 1824-1884, sender.
Display Date
London, England, 1854 November
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 18.0 x 11.0 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
Conveying that she was sorry not to see Barbara the other night, but that the Rossettis did not come, owing to Dante Rossetti's having a bad cold from painting outdoors; reassuring Barbara that she “lost nothing” though they missed seeing her; asking her to come visit on Sunday; expressing admiration for Barbara's prospectus of the school, and how she has thought of all the cutting out and mending; looking forward to talking more about the school; stating that she is sorry to hear that Nanny cannot find her companion for Rome, and remarking that she has found a capital companion for her in work if she were staying in London.
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