BIB_ID
292710
Accession number
MA 1913.4
Creator
Fairbank, Alfred J.
Display Date
Hove, England, 1958 March 8.
Credit line
Gift of Alfred John Fairbank, 1958.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 20.3 x 12.7cm + envelope
Notes
Written from "27 Granville Road, Hove 2, Sussex" on stationery printed with that address.
Envelope with stamps and postmarks to "John Carter, Esq, C.B.E. / 26 Carlyle Square / London / S.W.3." with "A gift to PML / from Alfred Fairbank" in his hand written above the address to Carter.
Housed with three calligraphic specimens written by Alfred Fairbank (MA 1913.1-3) and an eight-page pamphlet titled "Beacon Writing / A New Course in Italic" / Editor and calligrapher : / Alfred Fairbank, C.B.E."
Envelope with stamps and postmarks to "John Carter, Esq, C.B.E. / 26 Carlyle Square / London / S.W.3." with "A gift to PML / from Alfred Fairbank" in his hand written above the address to Carter.
Housed with three calligraphic specimens written by Alfred Fairbank (MA 1913.1-3) and an eight-page pamphlet titled "Beacon Writing / A New Course in Italic" / Editor and calligrapher : / Alfred Fairbank, C.B.E."
Provenance
Gift of Alfred John Fairbank, 1958.
Summary
Telling him that he cannot find "the draft of the S.P.E. I wrote for Robert Bridges;" saying he will "be glad to show you letters written by James Wardrop from 1931 onwards. He was writing in the style of what Johnston called semi-formal when I first knew him. Later, he changed to my model, but dropped it & reverted to his first love : very wisely!"
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