BIB_ID
447344
Accession number
MA 2876.16
Creator
Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875, sender.
Display Date
Copenhagen, Denmark, 1852 September 24
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
Address panel: To Richard Bentley Esq.
Addressed "Dear Friend!"
Addressed "Dear Friend!"
Provenance
Purchased in 1974.
Summary
Expressing a desire to see him; reporting travel plans; describing interactions with Maximilian II of Bavaria, Caroline Amalie of Augustenburg, and the deceased Christian VIII of Denmark; reporting that Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann enjoyed her stay in London and making Bentley's acquaintance; proposing Bentley publish a collection of stories by Andersen in English translation; asking why Meïr Goldschmidt's "The Jew" "has in very short line passed thruogh several editions, and that 20,000 copies have been sold" in English translation; asking for updates on how "Pictures of Sweden" sold; reporting the large crowds that the 1852 Industrial Exhibition has brought to Copenhagen.
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