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- Valla Karplus 1874–1938
- Recipient
- Ilse Leembruggen 1873–1961
- Title
- Letter from Valla Karplus (née von Lieben) to her sister Ilse Leembruggen (née von Lieben)
- Date
- 22 September 1894
- Description
- Informing Ilse of the well-being of their mother Anna and suggesting that she needs an interesting person to play chess with so as to aid her recovery, and giving news of family members. English translation of German letter is included.
- Format
- Document - correspondence
- Collection
- Tate Archive
- Acquisition
- Presented by the Trustees of the Marie-Louise von Motesiczky Trust, March 2012
- Reference
- TGA 20129/1/5/15/69
Archive context
- The personal papers of Marie-Louise von Motesiczky TGA 20129 (3,395)
- Correspondence TGA 20129/1 (1,920)
- Family correspondence TGA 20129/1/5 (258)
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