BIB_ID
80857
Accession number
MA 8848
Creator
Baden-Powell, Agnes, 1858-1945.
Display Date
[1902-1914?] December 27.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 13.9 x 8.8 cm
Notes
Acquired as part of a large collection of letters addressed to William Angus Knight, Chair of Moral Philosophy at the University of St. Andrews and Wordsworth scholar. Items in the collection have been individually accessioned and cataloged.
The postcard has a portrait of "Colonel Baden-Powell Defender of Mafeking."
The year of writing is not given, however, The Baden-Powell's leased 32 Princes Gate beginning in 1902. Professor Knight died in 1914.
Written from 32 Princes Gate.
The postcard has a portrait of "Colonel Baden-Powell Defender of Mafeking."
The year of writing is not given, however, The Baden-Powell's leased 32 Princes Gate beginning in 1902. Professor Knight died in 1914.
Written from 32 Princes Gate.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Commenting on the reviews for his new book saying "...I have been reading with delight all the reviews of your book, & only wish I had read it. When shall I ever see you again, do you never come to London;" wishing him happiness in the New Year.
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