BIB_ID
447838
Accession number
MA 14549.52
Creator
Greenwood, Frederick, 1830-1909, sender.
Display Date
London, England, 1880 December 30?
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 15.7 x 10 cm
Notes
Dated "Thursday"; letter dated with a suggested date of December 31, 1880 by former owner; the fact that December 31 fell on a Friday of that year, however, suggests December 30 as the probable date of writing.
Written on light green stationery.
Forms part of a collection of letters by English journalist, author, and editor, Frederick Greenwood (1830-1909), and other members of the Greenwood family.
Written on light green stationery.
Forms part of a collection of letters by English journalist, author, and editor, Frederick Greenwood (1830-1909), and other members of the Greenwood family.
Inscriptions/Markings
With date and other marks and annotations inscribed in pencil by former owner J.W. Robertson Scott.
Provenance
Purchased from the estate of J.W. Robertson Scott; bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Informing her that his cold has gone, describing both the weather and the city as "dull", mentioning that he visited the Wiertz museum and came away in need of a glass of brandy, and complaining that some of the pictures must be viewed through peepholes; stating that he plans to visit Antwerp and Bruges, and noting that Bruges is flooded, and that steam pumps were pumping water out of the basements of some shops in Brussels the day before.
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