BIB_ID
80274
Accession number
MA 1352.626
Creator
Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875.
Display Date
Copenhagen, Denmark, 1858 April 21.
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the Fellows, 1951.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 20.4 x 13.3 cm
Notes
This letter was enclosed with Dickens's letter to Angela Burdett-Coutts dated June 4, 1858 (cataloged as MA 1352.510).
The letter is part of a collection, MA 1352, which consists of letters from Charles Dickens to the Baroness, to her companion Hannah (Meredith) Brown, or the latter's husband, William Brown; with 70 letters written by others to Miss Coutts or to Dickens in his capacity as her unofficial almoner; and a few others. See the collection-level record for more information.
The letter is part of a collection, MA 1352, which consists of letters from Charles Dickens to the Baroness, to her companion Hannah (Meredith) Brown, or the latter's husband, William Brown; with 70 letters written by others to Miss Coutts or to Dickens in his capacity as her unofficial almoner; and a few others. See the collection-level record for more information.
Provenance
The letters formed part of the Burdett-Coutts sale (Sotheby, 17 May 1922); they were purchased for Oliver W. Barrett in whose collection they remained until it was sold by his son (Parke-Bernet, 31 October 1951).
Summary
Saying that he thinks fondly of the "beauteous hours I had the happiness to spend at your house in London;" introducing the bearer of the letter, the Danish artist Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann, and describing her as "a distinguished painter, of great talent, and very well received in the highest circles, a lady of a great mind and pious heart!"; adding that she is particularly recommended to "Her Majesty Queen Victoria by the danish Queen dowager, and will, I am sure, as an artist and in every respect be appreciated by everybody who knows her."
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