(ELIOT, George / Mary Ann Evans) - Envelope Addressed to Her / Unsigned Portrait

Leading English novelist, poet and writer Mary Ann Evans (1819-80), a.k.a. "George Eliot," scandalized proper British society when she moved in with married critic/philosopher George Henry Lewes in 1843 and lived as husband and wife until his death in 1878; among her best-known novels are "Adam Bede" (1859), "The Mill on the Floss" (1860), "Silas Marner" (1861) and "Middlemarch" (1872). Daniel Deronda (1876). Two ephemeral items: A superb 9 3/4" X 13½" engraved portrait of Eliot, Plate V from "The Century Gallery of One Hundred Portraits" published by Century Magazine in 1897 -- a striking image based on W. Burton's sketch as engraved by Rajon that first published in that periodical in 1881. Fine. Lightly tipped below her likeness is an unusual and cryptic 3" X 1" slip, the address portion of an envelope addressed to Eliot by an unknown correspondent. Very good. Faintly worn, with mounting traces on verso. Penned in brown ink is: "Mrs. George Henry Lewes, / Priory = North Bank -- Regent Park / London." Eliot and Lewis purchased this home in 1863 and she lived there until her death. The identity of whoever penned this envelope remains unknown but warrants further research. An intriguing pair for the Eliot admirer who has everything. .

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