BIB_ID
225488
Accession number
MA 9816
Creator
Compton, Joseph, 1891-
Display Date
London, England, 1951 March 8.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 20.7 x 17.3 cm
Notes
On stationery with letterhead: "The Arts Council of Great Britain / Chairman · Sir Ernest Pooley, K.C.V.O., LL.D. Secretary-General · Miss M.C. Glasgow, C.B.E. / 4 St James's Square, London, S.W.1 Whitehall 9737 / Telegrams: AMEC, PICCY, LONDON."
The letter is written in a calligraphic hand.
Previously accessioned as MA 1750A.
The letter is written in a calligraphic hand.
Previously accessioned as MA 1750A.
Provenance
Acquired in 1956 as part of a small collection of contemporary (1940s-1950s) calligraphic letters sent to the book collector John Carter.
Summary
Thanking him for a "lovely example" of James Wardrop's writing and saying "I am delighted to have it, but did I earn it? Am I really the chap who provided you with a sample of Marsden or was it someone else, & ought I, in fairness, to return your Wardrop?"; saying he must look up "James W." and signing off with "My best salaams!"
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