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THACKERAY USES BOTH HIS SLOPING AND UPRIGHT HAND IN ONE LETTER
THACKERAY
(William Makepeace, 1811-1863, Novelist)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed in full, in his sloping hand to My dear Dean with his address in his upright hand,
saying that you and Mrs Trench are very kind to think of the girls and their father. We shall all be very happy to come to you on Tuesday..., 1 side 8vo., 36 Onslow Sq., S.W., 3rd February
Item Date: 1858
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On 20th August 1836, Thackery had married Isabella Gethin Shawe (1816–1894). They had three children, all daughters: Anne Isabella (1837–1919), Jane (who died at eight months old), and Harriet Marian (1840–1875). Isabella succumbed to depression after the birth of their third child in 1840 and eventually had to be cared for for the rest of her life so Thackeray was effectively alone with his girls. It is possible that this letter is addressed to Richard Chenevix Trench (180-1886, Anglican Archbishop and Poet). He had become Dean of Westminster Abbey in 1856.
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