BIB_ID
456078
Accession number
MA 23931.8
Creator
Dowson, Ernest Christopher, 1867-1900, sender.
Credit line
Purchased on the Drue Heinz Fund for Twentieth-Century Literature, 2025.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 17.9 x 11.4 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope addressed to F. Norreys Connell Esq., c/o Marion[?] Henry [illegible], 94 St. Martin's Lane, London WC.
Return address on letter reads, c/o S. Smith Esq., 46 Preston Street, Faversham, Kent.
Return address on letter reads, c/o S. Smith Esq., 46 Preston Street, Faversham, Kent.
Provenance
Sotheby's, 11 March 1968, lot 773; Barry Humphries (1934-2023; bookplate); Christie's, London, "Barry Humphries: The Personal Collection," 13 February 2025.
Summary
Telling O'Riordan he is not sure how long he will be in England, but probably longer than he wants; asking O'Riordan to lend him a sovereign; saying he is anxious to see O'Riordan but "too busy at present to arrange a meeting or make any plans."
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