BIB_ID
293250
Accession number
MA 1625.155
Creator
Dowson, Ernest Christopher, 1867-1900.
Display Date
[1893 Aug.27].
Credit line
Gift of the Fellows with the special assistance of H. Bradley Martin, 1954.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 17.7 cm
Notes
Dated in Flower, p. 288.
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 "Chadwell Heath" (near Romford, Essex). Addressed to Très Cher. Signed Ernest Dowson.
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 "Chadwell Heath" (near Romford, Essex). Addressed to Très Cher. 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
Referencing the upcoming publication of their collaborative novel "A Comedy of Masks," and discussing his work, mentioning that he feels "horridly vague as to the next few chapters of the Opus ("Adrian Rome")". Mentioning his intention to return to London, noting that he would not stay at Chadwell Heath for so long, but that Missy (Adelaide Foltinowicz) is away until the following day. Hoping to visit Brittany with Moore the following year.
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