BIB_ID
447306
Accession number
MA 2876.8
Creator
Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875, sender.
Display Date
Nyborg, Denmark, 1850 July 14
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund with the special assistance of Douglas C. Ewing, 1974.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 21.6 x 13.9 cm (folded)
Notes
Addressed from Glorup manor near Nyborg in Fünen, Denmark.
Addressed "My dear Friend!"
Addressed "My dear Friend!"
Provenance
Purchased in 1974.
Summary
Commenting on how long it has been since he sent Bentley a letter; sending greetings and mentioning Bentley spending his time in London and at his country home, Seven Oaks; informing on recent travels; further informing that he is currently rewriting pictorial sketches made in Sweden during the previous year ["Pictures of Sweden"] and that it will be the size of one part of "Improvisatore" and will have contents similar to "Poets Bazaar"; hoping Bentley will publish it; giving a return address; discussing details of publication; informing that he has written two romantic-comedies for the theatre, "More than Pearls and Gold" and "Ole Luckoie"; enclosing a letter for Charles Dickens (not included) for forwarding; hoping to go to England again and, before going to London, planning to stay in the country to improve his English; hoping for peace between Denmark and Germany.
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