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- [?1907] / (Creation)
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2 ff.
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Archival history
The letter was part of a group of six from Beerbohm, and two from H. G. Wells, all addressed to Mrs Mathias, which were sold at auction at Sotheby's, London, 10 July 2003 (lot 173).
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Michael Silverman; London; Purchase; December 2003; 0200313272.
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Scope and content
An autograph letter, [?1907], from Max Beerbohm to a Mrs Mathias (possibly Ena Mathias, née Wertheimer), relating to the proposed sale to her of his second caricature sketch of the New English Art Club (1907).
He refers to his substitution of the painter W. G. de Glehn for Charles Conder in the revised painting, because of the latter's illness (f. 188).
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Usual copyright laws apply. Information regarding the ownership of Max Beerbohm copyright can be found at http://tyler.hrc.utexas.edu/ (viewed July 2009).
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English.
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'3M309/1XX' in pencil on f. 188 verso.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 23699E, ff. 187-188.
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- New English Art Club -- Caricatures and cartoons. (Subject)
- Conder, Charles Edward, 1868-1909. (Subject)
- De Glehn, Wilfrid-Gabriel, 1870-1951. (Subject)
- Mathias, Ena Wertheimer. (Subject)