NASH (John, 1893-1977, R.A., Painter, War Artist, Illustrator and Engraver)

Autograph Letter Signed to Anthony BERTRAM (1897-1978, writer on Art and Travel, biographer, 1955, of John Nash's brother Paul, 1889-1946), talking about Bertram's invitation to stay, "I was very sorry about the failure of your visit to us here but I was feeling very dim. The day after ... the doctor ... gave me some astounding pills as large as shillings ... 12 a day - the effect was nothing short of miraculous", and feels he has had "one's money's worth of the N.H.I.", he has "lately procured a very early bookplate of Paul's" associated with the "Colchester Pageant 1906 ...", 2 sides 8vo., Bottengoms Farm, Wormingford, Essex, 8th October no year but

Anthony Bertram was in the Infantry in WW1 and in MI6 during WW2. As early as 1923 he had written a short life of Paul for the series 'Contemporary British Artists' and was now starting a full length biography. He and his wife Barbara, 1906-2004 [not John's sister], married in 1929, and leased Bignor Manor, near Petworth. There in WW2 Barbara was housemother to resistance fighters on their way back to France.

Item Date:  1951

Stock No:  54303      £75

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