AUTOGRAPH NOTE [ANs], Signed. To Mrs Fulkes. Dated 16 July 1878. [accompanied by ]. Carte - de - Visite [CDV].
[London?]: 1878. Single sheet of stationery, with black border, mounted, along with a Lenthall [successor to Mr Kilburn] CDV of Nightingale. The CDV portrays Nightingale as she looked shortly after the Crimean War, ca late 1850s. Stationery: 4-7/16" x 7". CDV: 4-1/8" x 2-1/2". Frame: 11-1/8" x 17-1/4". Matted, and now housed in a lovely gold wooden frame. A nice 9 line ANs from this Champion of the Nursing profession, which shows a hint of aging & 3 vertical fold lines. CDV clear & sharp. Frame - As New. Item #33402.4
"Please get me a soap - box..." So begins this note from Nightingale to Mrs Fulkes, wherein she also inquires about a 'pattern', saying if you can get it, "I would take order 3 doz."
Price: $2,500.00