Letter from W.B. Dukes, London, to Gilbert Dalziel, 1915 July 27 : autograph manuscript signed.

Record ID: 
440268
Accession number: 
MA 14349.17b
Author: 
Dukes, W. B., sender.
Created: 
London, England, 1915 July 27
Credit: 
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description: 
1 item (2 pages) ; 15.4 x 9.9 cm
Notes: 

Written from: 17 West Bank / Stamford Hill / N.
Dated "Tuesday".
Written in response to a query published by Dalziel in The Publishers' Circular concerning an illustration by John Millais depicting the subject Tennyson's poem "St. Agnes Eve".
One of a number of letters in the collection concerning Budgett's efforts to fully identify an illustration by John Millais depicting the subject of Tennyson's poem "St. Agnes Eve"; the design was eventually discovered to be an illustration which appeared some time after Millais executed the original drawing, issued as a frontispiece plate in Henry Leslie's "Leslie's Songs for Little Folks" (London, Paris & New York : Cassell & Company Limited, 1883?).

Summary: 

Following up on a letter he had written to Dalziel on the previous day (i.e. his letter of July 26, 1915), with additional information regarding John Millais' drawing illustrating Alfred Tennysons "St. Agnes Eve", including the dimensions of the original drawing (9 3/4" x 8 1/4"), and the fact that it was included in an 1898 exhibition of works by John Millais (item number 223) and referenced in "Mr. H. Spielmann's little book on Millais."

Provenance: 
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.