Stamped envelope, addressed in ink in the hand of the Victorian English poet to "Charles Sabine Esqre / Oswestry – / Salop –". Franked with a Penny Red, cancelled with a barred numeral; the verso with a blind-embossed floral seal on the flap and circular datestamps, one reading "SEP 9 1856" [year partly legible]. Small red stamped device at upper left. Toned and foxed, flap torn from opening. 4.5 x 2 inches; 11.5 x 5 cm.
Charles Sabine (1796–1859) was a solicitor and evangelical poet of Oswestry, Shropshire, author of Sylva Sacra (1853) and Wild Thyme (1857); a school-fellow of Thomas Noon Talfourd, the friend of Robert Browning, and uncle of Shirley Brooks of Punch. The Brownings were in England from June to October 1856. The address has not been compared with Elizabeth Barrett Browning's hand.
Stamped envelope, addressed in ink in the hand of the Victorian English poet to "Charles Sabine Esqre / Oswestry – / Salop –". Franked with a Penny Red, cancelled with a barred numeral; the verso with a blind-embossed floral seal on the flap and circular datestamps, one reading "SEP 9 1856" [year partly legible]. Small red stamped device at upper left. Toned and foxed, flap torn from opening. 4.5 x 2 inches; 11.5 x 5 cm.
Charles Sabine (1796–1859) was a solicitor and evangelical poet of Oswestry, Shropshire, author of Sylva Sacra (1853) and Wild Thyme (1857); a school-fellow of Thomas Noon Talfourd, the friend of Robert Browning, and uncle of Shirley Brooks of Punch. The Brownings were in England from June to October 1856. The address has not been compared with Elizabeth Barrett Browning's hand.