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TENNANT
(Dorothy, Lady Stanley, 1855-1926, Painter, Author and Illustrator, wife of Sir Henry Morton Stanley)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed in full to Mr Stephen
thanking him for a present You have given me - I will not say - the most beautiful fan I ever possessed - for I have never before had a very lovely fan - but you have given me the most beautiful fan I have ever seen. I am so proud of it and I do thank you O! so much. Mr Stanley left early this morning for Scotland - I am now going to write to him and I will draw my fan on the letter to show him what it is like..., 2 sides 8vo.., 2 Richmond Terrace Buildings headed paper, 9th June
Item Date: 1890
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In 1890, she married Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904, Explorer famous for his search for David Livingstone), and became known as Lady Stanley. She edited her husband's autobiography, reportedly removing any references to other women in Stanley's life. After Sir Henry Morton Stanley's death, his widow remarried, in 1907, to Henry Jones Curtis (died 19 February 1944), a pathologist, surgeon and writer.
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