BIB_ID
293172
Accession number
MA 1625.136
Creator
Dowson, Ernest Christopher, 1867-1900.
Display Date
1891 June 9.
Credit line
Gift of the Fellows with the special assistance of H. Bradley Martin, 1954.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 12.1 x 7.5 cm
Notes
"An Orchestral Violin" was published in Macmillan's Magazine in August, 1891, as "The Story of a Violin."
Date from postmark.
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[ime]h[ous]e." With stamp and postmark and addressed to "Arthur C. Moore Esq / 19 Park Place Villas / Maida Hill W." No salutation or signature.
Date from postmark.
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[ime]h[ous]e." With stamp and postmark and addressed to "Arthur C. Moore Esq / 19 Park Place Villas / Maida Hill W." No salutation or signature.
Provenance
Sale (Sotheby's, 20 December 1954, lot 205); gift of the Fellows with the special assistance of H. Bradley Martin in 1954.
Summary
Inquiring after Moore's studies, asking him to write "& reassure me that you are still alive, at least." Mentioning the completion of "Orchestral Violin," which he has sent to Mowbray Morris.
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