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Letter to Frederic James Shields, October 21, 1877

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: D.4.37
Letter to Frederic James Shields (MS23 D.4.37)
Letter to Frederic James Shields (MS23 D.4.37)

Dates

  • Creation: October 21, 1877

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source unknown, acquired prior to 1971; As a group, formerly in folder 4.

General

1877 Oct 21, Herne Bay; Perhaps Turner would buy the little picture at a lower price. "I have...made solid progress in the merit of my work...within the last 5 years..." and brightness has characterised my best works (list) except for Astarte: they are not injured by my drug habit. Brown. Chalk heads of mother and sister. Rae my first buyer. Mostly published by Mills (Ernestine Mills. The Life and Letters of Frederick Shields, 1912) pages 217-219.

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