5701. Frederic Leighton to RB

As published in The Brownings’ Correspondence, 32, 48–49.

[London]

[Postmark: 13 February 1866]

Dear Browning

Many thanks for your kind note. I want you & no other to propose. [1]

Your vy affectionate

F. L.

What a charming subject that Calypso is!

Address: R. Browning Esq / 19 Warwick Crescent / Harrow Road.

Publication: None traced.

Manuscript: Armstrong Browning Library.

1. We have been unable to determine whether RB proposed Leighton for membership in the Athenæum Club; see the preceding letter, note 1.

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