Autograph letter signed : New York, to Jane Clark, 1953 Nov. 17.

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Autograph letter signed : New York, to Jane Clark, 1953 Nov. 17.

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Thanking them for sending a cable on hearing of Dylan Thomas' death. Reporting that Caitlyn Thomas telegraphed him "You have left me no alternative but suicide or the sheets. Hate. Caitlin," and that "from that moment he never stopped drinking." Discussing his final days and death, noting "I was devoted to Dylan" and remarking that he was "the only great young poet."

1 item (4 p.) ; 20.3 cm

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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Thomas, Dylan, 1914-1953

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Dylan Thomas was a Welsh poet who first achieved recognition with "Eighteen Poems" (1934). He wrote both prose and radio plays, including "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog" (1940), "Deaths and Entrances" (1946), "Under Milkwood" (1954), and "Adventures in the Skin Trade" (1955). From the description of Dylan Thomas collection. [1935-1953]. (University of Victoria Libraries). WorldCat record id: 660196437 Welsh author Dylan Thomas occupies a controversial place among 20t...

Clark, Kenneth, 1903-1983

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Kenneth Clark was an art historian and a patron of the arts. He was born in London, and educated at Winchester and Trinity College, Oxford, where he gained a second class in modern history. In the autumn of 1925, art historian Bernard Berenson asked him to assist him in the revision of his corpus of Florentine drawings. In 1929 he was offered the task of cataloguing Leonardo da Vinci's drawings held at Windsor Castle. In 1931 he was appointed keeper of the Department of Fine Art at the Ashmolean...

Clark, Jane, Lady.

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