Augustus John letter to Mr. Ellis, 1924 Dec. 4.

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Augustus John letter to Mr. Ellis, 1924 Dec. 4.

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John writes to Ellis, 4 Dec. 1924, describing his encounter with a ghost in a house in Fitzroy Square. He writes he never saw the ghost, but heard it nightly, and suspects it was the ghost of a woman killed there by the former Duke of Grafton.

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Ellis, S. M. (Stewart Marsh)

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Epithet: biographer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000621.0x000305 ...

John, Augustus, 1878-1961

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The Welsh artist Augustus John was a successful painter and draftsman, and a well known bohemian figure. He was in great demand as a portraitist, although his works were often controversial. During WWI he was employed by the Canadian government as a war artist in France. John visited the United States as a guest of the Carnegie Institute in 1923. In 1942 King George VI awarded him the Order of Merit for services to art. From the description of Letters, 1917-ca. 1957. (Getty Research ...