Letter
Henrietta Jenny Bankes (1871 - 1953)
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
1940
Materials
Paper, Rosemary
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset
NT 1256356
Summary
Document; Letter - Envelope containing a sprig of dried rosemary, a Hilda Price Christmas card titled 'Rosemary is for Remembrance' and a letter.
Marks and inscriptions
Christmas 1940. For Daphne - with love and wishes for future happiness. This little blue and gold China Dessert service, was painted by me over 50 yrs ago, at the age of 14-15 years, When I was at school in France, at Fontainebleau, as a Xmas present for my Mother - I now give it as a Xmas present to you, and hope you will sometimes give a passing thought, when using it, to Your Mother. (letter on 61 Brook St stationery written by Henrietta Bankes)
Makers and roles
Henrietta Jenny Bankes (1871 - 1953), writer