Author: Simpkinson, Emily
Title: Als Emily Simpkinson to Madame [Barbara] Bodichon (Related to Florence Nightingale & Helena Bonham-Carter), December 31st, 1861, Describing Brabazon
Description: St Leonards-on-Sea, Hastings, East Sussex, England: Emily Simpkinson, 1861. 5" x 8" [4 pp.] Folded Inked Sheet, Very Good with light toning, minor creasing. The recipient, Barbara Bodichon, was the extra-marital child of Whig politician Benjamin Leigh Smith, the only son of the Radical abolitionist William Smith. Bodichon was a noted British educator and artist, and a leading 19th Century feminist and women's rights activist. Her aunt, Joanna Maria, married John Bonham-Carter, MP and founder of the Bonham-Carter family. Provenance: O'Day, Edward F. 1883-1959, was the editor and publisher of The Town Talk in San Francisco (ca. 1915 - 1930). .

Keywords: Helena Bonham-Carter


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