Florence Nightingale

Pink silk bookmark embroidered by Florence Nightingale for English novelist and war correspondent G. A. Henty, measuring 12.5˝ x 1.5˝, with a white patch at center, embroidered with a floral design and his name, "G. A. Henty." Includes a handwritten provenance note from S. Pettit Griffith, Henty's friend and secretary, in part: "The book mark I am sending you was worked by the late Florence Nightingale & presented to Mr. G. A. Henty during the Campaign in the Crimea, where Mr. Henty & his brother Capt. Frederick Henty were engaged. The latter succumbed to cholera, much to the grief of his brother—& his nurse was Nightingale." Housed in a hardcover folder from the "Autograph Collection of Dr. Max Thorek." In fine condition.