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Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)HMLAdd/119
TitleLetter from Harriet Martineau to 'Dear friend' [Henry G. Atkinson], 30 December
Extent1 item
Date[1864]
DescriptionDiscusses recent bereavements and various Christmas parties. She also writes about the progress of her literary works and the management of the 'Daily News'. She refers to her Cousin Mary who has been studying the recent book by the artist [Philip Gilbert] Hamerton (1834-1894) ['A Painter's Camp in the Highlands', 1862] and thanks Atkinson for agreeing to find out more about this artist. The letter concludes with a discussion of the beauty of illustrations by [William] Blake [1757-1827, poet and painter].
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