Stuk 2 - Newspaper cutting with notice of the death of Countess Cornelia Zangari Bandi

Identificatie

referentie code

HOUG/H/B/2

Titel

Newspaper cutting with notice of the death of Countess Cornelia Zangari Bandi

Datum(s)

  • [1862?] (Vervaardig)

Beschrijvingsniveau

Stuk

Omvang en medium

1 newspaper cutting.

Context

Naam van de archiefvormer

Milnes, Richard Monckton (1809-1885), 1st Baron Houghton, author and politician
(1809-1885)

archiefbewaarplaats

Trinity College Library, Cambridge

Inhoud en structuur

Bereik en inhoud

Reported as if recent, citing the pamphlet published by 'Dr Bianchi' [Giuseppe Bianchini, published in 1731]. Her death is often cited as a possible case of spontaneous human combustion and was mentioned by Charles Dickens in the preface to Bleak House.

Aantekeningen

Aantekening

N.B. - A letter from Robert Pemberton Milnes to Annabella Hungerford Milnes, [May 1857?], refers to having sent 'your account of the horrid burning to Har[rie]t - desiring her to send it to Jane [milnes], who delights in every thing that is dreadful...'. Perhaps connected?

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