Photomontage in mount: assemblage of figures in which the faces of various Cambridge personalities [as well as 'Jowett (of Oxford)'] are spliced onto incongruous costumes or animals' bodies, given wings etc, With tracing paper to fit over image and number each individual; copy of numbers on separate sheet of paper; key with names for most numbers.
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Farringford, Freshwater, Isle of Wight
April 4th 1873
Sir,
I beg to enclose a cheque for 10£ if I may be allowed to offer this small contribution to the Sedgwick Memorial.
I have the honour to be
Your very obedient servant
A Tennyson
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Trinity College | Cambridge
March 22d {1} | '73
Dear Professor Humphry,
Let me thank you for the honour which you have done to my office in proposing to me to be a member of the Committee for preparing a memorial to Professor Sedgwick {2}. I shall be happy to render any assistance in my power to carrying out the object proposed.
Yrs vy truly {3}
B F Westcott
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{1} The second figure is indistinct.
{2} Adam Sedgwick had died on 27 January.
{3} This line is indistinct.