Letters regarding Frank Dicksee's illustrations of Shakespeare [manuscript], 1911.

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Letters regarding Frank Dicksee's illustrations of Shakespeare [manuscript], 1911.

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(1) Autograph letter fragment in the hand of Dicksee, addressed "Dear Sir" and dated Nov. 22, 1911. He discusses illustrations for the play Othello and a drawing of Volumnia and Coriolanus which he cannot recall making; (2) Dated Nov. 25, 1911, from Dicksee to C. Gerald Agnew. Mentions drawings he did of Othello and Desdemona and Julius Caesar; leaf 2v has several lines from Othello Act IV, scene 2 in another hand; (3) Dated Nov. 28, 1911, from Dicksee to C. Gerald Agnew. He mentions water colour drawings that were commissioned by Cassell; (4) is an autograph letter signed from C. Gerald Agnew to Col. Parker, dated Dec. 1, 1911. Agnew writes that he is enclosing three letters of Frank Dicksee on the topic of the two drawings by Dicksee that Parker has bought and another drawing belonging to a friend of Agnew. On letterhead of 14 Exchange Street, Manchester. (1)-(3) on letterhead of Greville House, 3 Greville Place, St. John's Wood, N.W.

4 items ; 18 x 12 cm to 21 x 13 cm.

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Parker, Col., fl. 1911

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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

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William Shakespeare was likely born April, 23, 1564; he was baptized in Stratford-upon-Avon on April 26, 1564. He grew up, had a family, and bought property in Stratford while working in London, the center of English theater. As an actor, a playwright, and a partner in a leading acting company, he became both prosperous and well-known. His parents were John and Mary Shakespeare. John was a leatherworker and involved in local politics, first becoming an alderman and eventually a town bailiff. ...

Dicksee, Francis Bernard, Sir, 1853-1928

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English painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Joan Severn, [1906?] Apr. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 762153324 Book illustrator and portrait painter. From the description of Letter : St. John's Wood, to Mrs. Robb, [18]̲̲ April 25. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 28268662 From the description of Letters : London and St. John's Wood, to Miss Boughton, 1887 Dec. 3 and 1900 Jan. 3. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat ...

Agnew, C. Gerald (Charles Gerald), 1882-1954

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