Every day Sophie Dupre presents two items from her large stock of signed photographs, autograph letters, autographs for sale, royal memoralbilia and antiquarian manuscripts.
The photographs are presented with the catalogue descriptions.
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April 02
On This Day
On this day in 1827 William Holman Hunt, the English artist and painter of 'Light of the World' was born. He was one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. His paintings were notable for their great attention to detail, vivid colour, and elaborate symbolism. On the same day in 1914 the British actor Sir Alec Guinness was born in London. He featured in several of the Ealing Comedies, including 'The Ladykillers' and 'Kind Hearts and Coronets' in which he played eight different characters. More recently he played Obi-Wan Kenobi in 'Star Wars'.
GUINNESS (Sir Alec, 1914-2000, British Stage Actor)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed to A.W. Price, of the Department of English, University of Malaya, saying he “seems to remember suggesting, at Stratford Ontario, that if the [thrust] stage was another 15 or 18 inches wider, or deeper, that it would feel more comfortable ... (purely a matter of instinct)”, with a similar comment about the Crucible, “easily the best ... of the thrust stage theatres ... and, yes, as Richard III at Stratford Ont ... I ... sat dangling my legs over the edge” of the balcony, however “... I am no longer greatly in sympathy with the thrust and arena stages, though I feel the ‘traverse’ stage has something to offer”, Sir Alec’s letter 2 sides A4, 40 Smith Square, Westminster, W.1., 14th August 1973, neat filing holes, brown outline of filing clip on side 1 of Sir Alec’s letter
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HUNT (William Holman, 1827-1910, Pre-Raphaelite Painter)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed in full to ‘My dear Bedford’ saying that he is “most annoyed at having so shamefully disappointed you. I had a very bad night and when I got up I found an extraordinary number of matters to attend to which altogether prevented me from referring to the proper authority for the engagements of the day ...” promising to help him instead on the following Wednesday, 1 side 8vo., Draycott Lodge, Fulham, 29th July 1891
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