[Erminia Rudersdorff [Hermine Küchenmeister-Rudersdorf], German soprano and teacher.] Autograph Letter Signed, in English, to ‘Mrs. Sprague’.

See her entry in Grove. The letter can be dated by the reference to Sir William Mitchell (see Oxford DNB) and the operetta 'The Rival Beauties', which he produced in London and then Plymouth. The letter is on one side of the paper, has been cut down to 11 x 9 cm, and laid down on a piece of card. Aged and worn, with slight loss at top right, affecting one word of text. Thirteen lines of close and neatly-written text, addressed to ‘Dearest Mrs. Sprague’ and signed ‘Yours affectionately, / Erminia Rudersdorff’, with a little of the flourish beneath the signature cut away. Begins: ‘I did not write before, because [Albert?] was not certain about Saturday, and now he cannot come, as he has - as he expected, had a letter this morning to say, that they can rehearse the “Rival beauties” at Sir William Mittchell’s [sic] tomorrow evening. So we must find some other evening.’ She hopes it will be possible for Mrs Sprage ‘and Sidney’ to ‘drop in in the evening’ of the following day, ‘for I very much want you to know Pepi better’. Image on request.