BIB_ID
292139
Accession number
MA 1625.5
Creator
Dowson, Ernest Christopher, 1867-1900.
Display Date
1889 Jan. 18.
Credit line
Gift of the Fellows with the special assistance of H. Bradley Martin, 1954.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 17.7 cm
Notes
Part of a large collection letters from Ernest Dowson to his close friend Arthur Moore, the English solicitor and writer, with whom Dowson wrote four collaborative novels. Items are cataloged individually; see related collection record (MA 1625) for more information.
Written from Bridge Dock, Limehouse. Addressed to Cher Confrère. Signed ECD.
Written from Bridge Dock, Limehouse. Addressed to Cher Confrère. Signed ECD.
Provenance
Sale (Sotheby's, 20 December 1954, lot 205); gift of the Fellows with the special assistance of H. Bradley Martin in 1954.
Summary
Discussing their plans to meet the following week, and relating his exploits with the wily Swanton, Lefroy and Sayer. Discussing his work on Madame de Viole, stating that he will send Moore the next volume "as soon as it is therein copied." Enclosing (not present) a copy of a poem recently rejected by Argosy and All the Year Round. Mentioning that he wishes to see the Old Master Exhibition [at Burlington House] to study the Watteaux, and noting that he has just "got another charming photo of Bootle's Baby" [Dowson's favorite child actress, Minnie Terry].
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