BIB_ID
292486
Accession number
MA 1625.71
Creator
Dowson, Ernest Christopher, 1867-1900.
Display Date
1889 Nov. 16 [and 18].
Credit line
Gift of the Fellows with the special assistance of H. Bradley Martin, 1954.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 20.1 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 on C. Dowson & Son Bridge Dock stationery. Addressed to Mon cher Vieux. Signed Ernest Dowson.
Written on C. Dowson & Son Bridge Dock stationery. Addressed to Mon cher Vieux. Signed Ernest Dowson.
Provenance
Sale (Sotheby's, 20 December 1954, lot 205); gift of the Fellows with the special assistance of H. Bradley Martin in 1954.
Summary
Mentioning a trip to the races that will prevent his usual Sunday letter. Discussing his affair with Bertha Van Raalte, and stating that her father "may be a doting parent [but] is at least an inefficient duenna." Agreeing that Moore is right in disliking "Gortsachoff's" (i.e., the Foltinowicz restaurant) and stating that "the environment -- with th exception of Minnie Terry (i.e., Adelaide Foltinowicz) -- would depress [Moore]." Resuming the letter on Monday (i.e., the 18th) and describing an evening spent with "Miss Cigarettovitch" (i.e., Bertha Van Raalte), Swanton and a "2nd damigellina" of Swanton's acquaintance. Noting that they repaired to the Anglo-Austrian and "spent a most profitable & platonic evening on the sofa, 'each with each,' until 10 o'clock." Hoping to introduce Moore to his "latest Amaryllis."
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