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  • Postcard from George Henry Lewes to William Allingham, April 20, 1872
    Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 1872 | William Allingham papers, 1846-1920One postcard from English philosopher George Henry Lewes to William Allingham, sent to an address in South Kensington, London, England. Lewes is writing from his home with partner and author George Eliot, the Priory, located in Regent's Park, London. In the postcard Lewes writes that the Prioress has taken ill, referring to Eliot as the woman at the head of the household, an...