Item 6 - Letter from Lucy Clifford to Frederick Pollock

1 folded sheet, 1 envelope

26 Colville Road, Bayswater, W.—Asks him to thank his friend. Has been taking Mrs Crawford to studios. The Royal Academy have accepted Jack Collier’s picture of Henry Hudson.

(Dated Monday. With an envelope, postmarked 5 Apr. 1881.)

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Transcript

26 Colville Road, Bayswater, W.
Monday

My dear Fred

Many thanks indeed & thank y[ou]r friend as best you can. But why do you spell […] {1} with a big ll it made me quite shudder. I conclude that he has the feeling I said & that it is given as a tribute to my old man’s genius—you would’nt† let me take it else.

Don’t talk about y[ou]r ink pot. I have upset the lamp & it is a mess.

You only put Lucy C on the pension form it ought to be Sophie &c &c.

Today I have been taking Mrs Crawford to studios. I hear the R.A.’s accepted Jack Collier’s Hudson picture {2} with a shout of applause. Rady’s {3} is also accepted. This was a member of the accepting body who betrayed the secrets of the jury to our willing ears.

Best love to you both my dears from y[ou]r loving

Lucy

[Direction on envelope:] F. Pollock Esq[ui]re | 48 Gt Cumberland Place | W.

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Black-edged paper and envelope. The envelope was postmarked at London, W., on 5 April 1881. Letters omitted from words abbreviated by superscript letters have been supplied in square brackets.

{1} There is an indistinct word here.

{2} The Last Voyage of Henry Hudson.

{3} Reading uncertain.