Art
GREENAWAY
(Kate, 1846-1901, Artist, Children's Book Illustrator)
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Jeune
(Mary, wife, 1881, of Francis Henry Jeune, judge, from 1905 Baron St. Helier), saying that owing to a fearful cold... I am sure I shall not be well enough to dine with you on Thursday. I should have been... so very pleased to see you again, she longed to write... and send you my congratulations... I send you my little book [not present] (I dont know if you like books not quite like everyone else's), having tried unsuccessfully to find out where you were... I thought it should wait until I found you were in London, 2 sides 8vo., 11 Pemberton Gardens, Holloway, N., Tuesday no date, circa
Item Date: 1885
Background
Mrs Jeune's weekly dinners were famous for bringing together people in public life of all kinds, especially writers.
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Stock No. 55514