Letter written by an unknown person to Edith Collier
Unknown, Author
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letters
in our collection.
It was made in
Brailsford, Derbyshire, England, Great Britain
in 21 Oct 1920.
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TRANSCRIPTION:
Callow Hall
Brails ford
Derby
21st Oct 1920.
Dear Miss Collier
I swore I would write to you to tell you of my safe arrival – alone – as has I had too much luggage even to accommodate a train!
How [illeg.] the painting & I am imagining you & Miss Cadell hard at work on heads of [illeg.] people & children, & do so wish I were down there too. Miss Hodgkins picture has arrived to the great astonishment & amusement of my brother! My Mother thinks anyway my sketching lessons won’t have done me any harm! I wonder how your people will take your pictures on your return to NZ?! So [illeg.] & cold it is up here.
I wonder if you have [illeg.] up whether you can stay on this side abit [sic] longer. The pension ladys home in Paris I told you of is
Madame Sarragoigne
Pension Buet
12 Rue de la grande Chaumière
Paris 4.6 France
My friend who has been there a [illeg.] [illeg.], has gone of to Florence I hear – so I can’t tell her to help you get there, if you want to it’s a boarding house & you all sit a long table male & female like a dinner party
[end of letter]
Callow Hall
Brails ford
Derby
21st Oct 1920.
Dear Miss Collier
I swore I would write to you to tell you of my safe arrival – alone – as has I had too much luggage even to accommodate a train!
How [illeg.] the painting & I am imagining you & Miss Cadell hard at work on heads of [illeg.] people & children, & do so wish I were down there too. Miss Hodgkins picture has arrived to the great astonishment & amusement of my brother! My Mother thinks anyway my sketching lessons won’t have done me any harm! I wonder how your people will take your pictures on your return to NZ?! So [illeg.] & cold it is up here.
I wonder if you have [illeg.] up whether you can stay on this side abit [sic] longer. The pension ladys home in Paris I told you of is
Madame Sarragoigne
Pension Buet
12 Rue de la grande Chaumière
Paris 4.6 France
My friend who has been there a [illeg.] [illeg.], has gone of to Florence I hear – so I can’t tell her to help you get there, if you want to it’s a boarding house & you all sit a long table male & female like a dinner party
[end of letter]
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Measurements
250 x 199 mm
Media
ink on paper
Description
Letter addressed to Edith Collier written by an unknown author, addressed from Culland Hall, Brailsford, Derby. Addressed to "Dear Miss Collier". Handwritten in black ink, double-sided on a single sheet of unlined paper.
Credit Line
Collection of The Edith Collier Trust, in the permanent care of the Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui.
Collection Type
Archives
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Acquisition Date
Circa 1985
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Accession Number:
A2015/1/545