WCP3095

Letter (WCP3095.3063)

[1]

11 Hanover Square

18 Nov [1871]1

My dear Mr Wallace

I send you a photograph of myself in the hopes that you will be able to spare me one of yourself to adorn my Book of Worthies — I am in the [1 word illeg.] of starting for the sunny south — Nice & Italy &c as I am advised to spend this winter abroad[.] [2] I spent a few days with Lord Walden2 this week & am glad to find that he is gradually taking to his favourite pursuits — the best he could have to wean him from his great loss—

Yours very truly | [illeg.] [signature]

ARW writes "1871" in blue crayon at the upper left-hand corner of page 1. A pencil annotation in another hand adds "[1871?]" at the upper right-hand corner.
Hay, Arthur ("Walden") (1824-1878). Army officer and ornithologist.

Please cite as “WCP3095,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3095