Autograph letter signed : London, to Arthur Moore, [1890 May 19].

Record ID: 
292924
Accession number: 
MA 1625.95
Author: 
Dowson, Ernest Christopher, 1867-1900.
Credit: 
Gift of the Fellows with the special assistance of H. Bradley Martin, 1954.
Description: 
1 item (4 p.) ; 15.2 cm
Notes: 

Written from "Bridge D[oc]k. / Limehouse" on mourning paper. Addressed to Mon cher. Signed ED.
Dated in Flower, p. 148.
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.

Summary: 

Mentioning that he took "la petite Polonaise" (Adelaide Foltinowicz) to the theater to see a matinée of Nixie, which she enjoyed but which Dowson found to be "a werry [sic] poor one." Noting that the actress in Nixie was "a clever child enough but not as pretty either as Mignon (the child actress Minnie Terry) or my little Missy (Adelaide Foltinowicz) herself." Hoping to "have similar excursions on future occasions" with Adelaide, and asking Moore to dine on Thursday.

Provenance: 
Sale (Sotheby's, 20 December 1954, lot 205); gift of the Fellows with the special assistance of H. Bradley Martin in 1954.
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Department: 
Literary and Historical Manuscripts