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Auction archive: Lot number 350

Morris (William, 1834-1896), Autograph Letter Signed, 'Wm Morris', 1892

Estimate
£300 - £500
ca. US$381 - US$635
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 350

Morris (William, 1834-1896), Autograph Letter Signed, 'Wm Morris', 1892

Estimate
£300 - £500
ca. US$381 - US$635
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Morris (William, 1834-1896), English artist, writer and textile designer. Autograph Letter Signed, 'Wm Morris', Kelmscott House, Upper Mall, Hammersmith, 6 January 1892, to Mrs Dryhurst, apologising for the delay in answering and saying that he can be of no use, 'You see my businesses are small and steady, we very seldom change our staff: and besides we usually want quite special persons. Outside my own business I know very few people who would be of any use, or with whom I should have any influence', 1 page with final 2 lines and subscription to verso, integral blank leaf with adhesion remains from previous mounting to blank final page, a little dust soiling, 8vo (Quantity: 1) Mannie Florence Dryhurst (1856-1930), writer and anarchist. She had no doubt asked Morris to help her find employment for a deserving person. Not in The Collected Letters.

Auction archive: Lot number 350
Auction:
Datum:
22 May 2024
Auction house:
Dominic Winter Auctioneers, Mallard House
Broadway Lane, South Cerney, Nr Cirencester
Gloucestershire, GL75UQ
United Kingdom
info@dominicwinter.co.uk
+44 (0)1285 860006
+44 (0)1285 862461
Beschreibung:

Morris (William, 1834-1896), English artist, writer and textile designer. Autograph Letter Signed, 'Wm Morris', Kelmscott House, Upper Mall, Hammersmith, 6 January 1892, to Mrs Dryhurst, apologising for the delay in answering and saying that he can be of no use, 'You see my businesses are small and steady, we very seldom change our staff: and besides we usually want quite special persons. Outside my own business I know very few people who would be of any use, or with whom I should have any influence', 1 page with final 2 lines and subscription to verso, integral blank leaf with adhesion remains from previous mounting to blank final page, a little dust soiling, 8vo (Quantity: 1) Mannie Florence Dryhurst (1856-1930), writer and anarchist. She had no doubt asked Morris to help her find employment for a deserving person. Not in The Collected Letters.

Auction archive: Lot number 350
Auction:
Datum:
22 May 2024
Auction house:
Dominic Winter Auctioneers, Mallard House
Broadway Lane, South Cerney, Nr Cirencester
Gloucestershire, GL75UQ
United Kingdom
info@dominicwinter.co.uk
+44 (0)1285 860006
+44 (0)1285 862461
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