POWELL (Dilys, 1901-1995, Writer and Film Critic)

Autograph Postcard Signed to George M. Richards of Poole, Dorset, saying "Suddenly I can't remember your whether ... your address is Mount Pleasant ... All the same I send best wishes", headed with the Greek adverb for 'By Air Mail', on the recto is the fine statue of Apollo from Olympia, head and shoulders, 4¼" x 5¾", postmarked Athens, 17th September,

Dilys Powell's first husband, H.G.G. Payne, 1902-1936, was Director of the British School of Archaeology at Athens, and she had a life-long love of Greece. She was film critic for the Sunday Times, 1939-1976, and president of the Classical Association, 1966-1967.

Item Date:  1964

Stock No:  54593      £45

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