5326. RB to Harriet G. Hosmer
As published in The Brownings’ Correspondence, 31, 14.
19. Warwick Crescent,
Upper Westbourne Terrace,
Feb 6. ’64.
Dearest Hatty,
Will you let me introduce to you Mrs Hensleigh Wedgewood, [1] a very accomplished and admirable person—daughter of Sir James Mackintosh: [2] you know, too, what claim her husband’s family [3] have on all Sculptors. I want you to tell this to Gibson
Affectionately yours ever
Robert Browning.
Publication: None traced.
Manuscript: Harvard University.
1. i.e., Frances Wedgwood.
2. Sir James Mackintosh (1765–1832), writer and politician.
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