Correspondence

5022.  Messrs. Christie, Manson, & Woods to RB

As published in The Brownings’ Correspondence, 30, 36.

8, King Street, St James’s Square, S.W.

[mid-February 1862] [1]

Messrs Christie, Manson, & Woods

respectfully invite

<Mr R. Browning & party> [2]

To the Private View of the

Highly important Collection of

English Pictures and Drawings,

formed by that distinguished Patron of Art,

the late Thomas E. Plint, Esqre, [3] of Leeds,

on Thursday, February 27th, & two following days.

The Sale on Friday, March 7th, & following day.

Publication: None traced.

Manuscript: Michael Meredith.

1. Dating based on the sale of Plint’s collection, which took place on 7 and 8 March 1862.

2. With the exception of this line in angle brackets, the document is a printed form.

3. Thomas Edward Plint (1823–61), stockbroker and patron of Pre-Raphaelite artists.

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