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54 Bateman Street, Cambridge - Thanks him for the book 'Pausanias and Other Greek Sketches'; asks if he would stand sponsor to his youngest boy [Percival Esmond]; [A. S. F.] Gow is to be the other sponsor; returns a 'Phaedrus' he thinks Edward Bensly returned to him by mistake.

Encloses a photocopy of a letter to Messrs. Macmillan & Co. from A. E. Housman, 11 Dec. 1885 and a copy of a letter from A. E. Housman to Messrs. Macmillan & Co. 14 Dec. 1885.

Receipt from Thos. Agnew & Sons dated February 1929 recording the sale of the portrait of Watson by George Romney, and a typescript list of subscribers to the purchase of the Romney portrait.

Two letters from A. F. Kirkpatrick and three from Alfred Wolmark primarily concerning his prices and accompanied by a four page Catalogue of Portraits of Famous People (First Series) by Alfred Wolmark, November-December, 1928 at The Lefevre Galleries.

A letter from Fletcher accepting the portrait proposal with pity for the artist who has to do it, with five letters from the artist A. Neville Lewis, who found Fletcher delightful but difficult to draw.

Not addressed, not signed.

Two letters from J. D. Duff: one in 1929 putting off the suggestion to sit for a portrait, another in 1931 agreeing that he "cannot refuse to face it now" with three letters from Tegetmeier about the portrait in 1932 with suggestions of another artist, Farquaharson Small, whom the College apparently tries and fails to contact, with another suggestion of an artist, Archie Gitts.

Two letters.

(With an envelope, addressed by A. S. F. Gow.)

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Transcript

Evelyn Home | Trumpington Road | Cambridge
Monday Jan. 6

My dear Gerald,

To-day I am so much better that I can ansswer† civilly to letters like yours. Hitherto my in-digestion and nausea have been too disabling. I shall try to send you a cheque for £450, which if I mistake not is the regular ammount† and which I beg you to accept, if so, without demur, as I can quite sustatin† it. My head has sometimes got confused bentween† your family and my nephews.

I have not yet dared to eat anything you sent me from Fortnum & Mason, but I hope it is keeping all right. Brawn is a thing I am very fon† of at Xmas if it keeps properly.
Thanks for your visit.

A. E. Housman

This is sent by the kind offices of Mr. Gow of Trinity

[Direction on envelope:] Gerald Jackson esq | St Thomas’s Hospital | London | S.E.1

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The envelope, which bears a 1½d. stamp, was postmarked at Cambridge at 8 p.m. on 7 January, and has been marked in pencil, ‘Address in Mr. Gow’s handwriting. Written from Evelyn Nursing Home Cambridge.’ The letter is written very uncertainly in pencil; the direction on the envelope is in ink.

† Sic.

Not addressed or signed.

Two letters from Henry Lamb, the later letter referring to two drawings, one in profile and one full face, with two letters from Dampier, including one in which he states that his family is not much pleased with either drawing, but if the College should prefer the profile, he would like to know the price of the full face portrait.

Lancaster Lodge, Lancaster Road, Wimbledon, S. W. 19. - Has enough material for a drawing of A. N. Whitehead, but many other commitments. "Would you be kind enough to drop me a card with the limit of the elasticity of your Committee's patience?"

Two letters, in the second of which he explains he has sent two drawings, though he favours the one in profile.

One letter signed by R. D. Hicks, and two letters from Reginald Gleadowe concerning the arrangements and payment for the portrait, noting that for the last drawing he made for Trinity, he "got into trouble for undercutting the market."

One card from J. W. Capstick, and four letters from Sydney W. Carline.

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."

Translations of six poems by Martial and one by Archilochus, with dates and places of composition and publication. Letter from [Andrew Sydenham] Farrar [Gow] to Dennis Robertson, 23 Aug 1959, advising him to offer the pieces to Trinity College Library, and Robertson's letter to the Librarian.

Letters concerning the arrangements and success of his portrait, including a mention in the letter of 13 Nov. 1927 regarding the popularity of Francis Dodd's election to the Academy.

One letter from Newall concerning the timing of having his portrait done, six letters from John Wells concerning the portrait and his failure to make an adequate drawing, with five letters from George Clausen accepting the commission and sending two portraits depicting different moods for Gow to choose between.

Letters dated
24 Apr. 1933 [addressed to Gow?]
12 Feb. 1934
16 Apr. 1934
15 Jan. 1935 [addressed to Gow?]
7 Aug. 1935
15 Oct. 1935
16 Oct. 1935
19 Dec. 1935

Two letters from W. H. Bragg about the portrait and his pleasure in the result, with two letters from Gilbert Spencer describing his failure to make an adequate portrait and declining to continue, and three letters from S. H. Kennington concerning his doubts about his portrait.

One letter from William Wyse expressing his doubts about being able to travel to have his portrait done, and three letters from Eric Gill concerning arrangements and the mount for the drawing.

One letter from Alan Gray expressing his pleasure at being asked to sit for a portrait, and three letters from W. D. Monnington relating to the commission and the mount for the drawing.