BIB_ID
292483
Accession number
MA 1625.70
Creator
Dowson, Ernest Christopher, 1867-1900.
Display Date
[1889 Nov. 11].
Credit line
Gift of the Fellows with the special assistance of H. Bradley Martin, 1954.
Description
1 item (6 p.) ; 17.7 cm
Notes
Dated in Flower, p. 115.
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 D[oc]k, L'hs (Limehouse) E. on mourning paper. Addressed to Cher Algernon. Signed ECD.
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 D[oc]k, L'hs (Limehouse) E. on mourning paper. Addressed to Cher Algernon. 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
Expressing concern over Moore's health and discussing his evening out on Saturday, praising the gods that his virtue didn't suffer as much as his liver. Asking Moore to accompany him to the "Folitsocxs" (the Foltinowicz restaurant), which is "unpretending but less grimy than the 'Pot au Feu' & perfectly deserted." Describing "une petite affaire" with Bertha Van Raalte, a "tart aged 15 3/4 [who] belongeth to a tobacconist of Picadilly [sic] who apparently views his paternal responsibilities lightly." Hoping to introduce Moore to Bertha that weekend.
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