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Letter from H.G. Wells, place not specified, to Rita, undated : autograph letter signed.

BIB_ID
188982
Accession number
MA 14750
Creator
Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946, sender.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (1 page) : illustrations ; 16.2 x 12.9 cm
Notes
Illustrated with four cartoons or "picshuas," as Wells routinely dubbed his humorous drawings.
In pencil on verso: Sent to "Rita" / Mrs. Desmond Humphreys.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Response, in the form of a series of cartoons, to a request for his autograph, starting with a cartoon of himself tossing a letter into a trashcan, captioned "Mr. Wells never gives autographs", followed by another, showing him seated and surrounded by publications and reading a volume labeled "Rita", with caption "He is too busy!", with a third sketch of himself reading a letter, captioned "But when you ask him in the name of Rita--", and concluding with a sketch of himself seated and writing his signature with a quill pen.