From V. H. Darwin 13 April [1879]1
2. Park Villas | North Str. | Derby
Sunday Apr. 13.
My dear Cousin.
I send you the view of the Priory within the prescribed limits. All my people, and Reginald too, who has been here, pronounce it correct & a faithful likeness. I have in fact done it so often, that I could make this view without a “copy”—2
I forgot to say in my last, that if you would wish the old view of Elston to be reduced, I shall be most happy to try my hand—3
Your affectly. | V. H. Darwin
This is just an idea of the Priory as it is now— The present owner has spent thousands on it, and has made it into a non: descript. It was considered gabled Elizabethan—4
Footnotes
Bibliography
Erasmus Darwin. By Ernst Krause. Translated from the German by W. S. Dallas, with a preliminary notice by Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1879.
Redman, Nick. 1998. An illustrated history of Breadsall Priory. [n.p.]: Whitbread PLC.
Summary
Sends her sketch of [Breadsall] Priory, as renovated by present owner.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11991
- From
- Violetta Harriot Darwin
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Derby
- Source of text
- DAR 99: 167–8
- Physical description
- ALS 1p sketch
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11991,” accessed on 29 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11991.xml