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Christmas card from Catherine Dove Freeman and Matthew Freeman, London, England, to Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Delhi, India, 1971 December : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
453444
Accession number
MA 23840.906
Creator
Freeman, Catherine Dove, 1931-2020, sender.
Credit line
Gift of James Ivory, 2022.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 15.5 x 22.1 cm unfolded (15.5 x 11.1 cm folded)
Notes
Date from James Ivory.
Card is illustrated with a Christmas scene by Brazilian artist Cassio M'Boy and was manufactured and sold to benefit UNICEF. While Ivory ascribes the card to Catherine Freeman (see attached post-it), only Matthew has inscribed a message.
Provenance
James Ivory.
Summary
Thanking Jhabvala for her "lovely card"; expressing a preference for "a hand loomed shirt" and giving his shirt size; telling her he is going skiing soon in Austria with a group from his school; closing "Mum sends her love and a photo, aren't we lovely!!!"