BIB_ID
456091
Accession number
MA 23931.18
Creator
Dowson, Ernest Christopher, 1867-1900, sender.
Credit line
Purchased on the Drue Heinz Fund for Twentieth-Century Literature, 2025.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 17.6 x 11.4 cm
Notes
Written from Robert Sherard's home at 26 Sandhurst Gardens-- now 159 Sangley Road-- Catford, London. On this letter Dowson has misidentified the house as "26 Sandown Road," then corrected it, inscribing "Sandhurst Gardens" above it.
Dowson spent the last six weeks of his life at Sherard's home.
Dowson spent the last six weeks of his life at Sherard's home.
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
Thanking him for "your kind letter and remittance"; lamenting the fact that he is "too weak" to come visit O'Riordan at present; telling him Sherard is not going to Paris and Mrs. Sherard insists that Dowson not travel until he is stronger; suggesting that if the weather improves, O'Riordan might be able to come and visit them; apologizing for his "scrawl".
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