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Written on the death of John Maxwell Image.

Four letters concerning arrangements to do the portrait, mentions that his sister Mrs J. M. Image "knows Mr Taylor & has fired my imagination with his description."

55 Barton Road, Cambridge - Her husband [John Maxwell Image] used to tell her that the O.M. was a great honour, and that of those awarded to Oxford and Cambridge men, almost all were to Cambridge men, and of those most were at Trinity; how happy he would be to read of two more. Asks if the origin of the phrase 'Bless you' may not be derived in the same way as the Maori quotation in 'Folk-lore in the Old Testament'; apologises to Lady Frazer for not visiting.

Perhaps relating to Jeanetta Potts, widow of Robert Potts. The haunting is said to have occurred in a house on Trumpington Street belonging to her friend, 'Mrs Jephson, widow of an Oxford man'. With letter, 20 Nov. 1944, from Florence Image to D. A. Winstanley: 'I unearthed this for Mrs Reid who knew Mrs Potts, but had not heard the story...'

22 Primrose Hill Rd., London, N.W.3. - Is pleased to hear good news about Frazer's eyes and grieved to hear of the many operations; her husband [John Maxwell Image] says Lady Frazer makes the only good drumsticks he's ever been served, also commenting, 'I shall be glad when women get the vote, for then I shall sometimes get the wing of a chicken'; she has an article in 'Punch' called 'Burr-Burr', about telephoning from the Zoo.