BIB_ID
456093
Accession number
MA 23931.22
Creator
Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander, 1865-1921, sender.
Credit line
Purchased on the Drue Heinz Fund for Twentieth-Century Literature, 2025.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 15.3 x 10 cm, folded; 15.3 x 20 cm, unfolded
Notes
Written on letterhead with the return address of 3, Plowden Buildings, In the Temple.
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
Informing O'Riordan in Holland of Ernest Dowson's death and giving him a few details of the circumstances and the funeral arrangements; expressing concern that there may be an inquest since Dowson refused to see a doctor; regretting that Dowson died so young.
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