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Lot #6109
Henry James Autograph Letter Signed

“I do fear & shun the storm & stress of gathered multitudes”

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“I do fear & shun the storm & stress of gathered multitudes”

ALS, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, Reform Club (Pall Mall, S.W.) letterhead, May 2, 1912. Handwritten letter to the artist Herbert Harlakenden Gilchrist, in part: “You have my hearty joyous sympathy in the happy fate that has attended your picture & that I am much touched by your telling me of. I much hope to be able to be at the private view—though I do fear & shun the storm & stress of gathered multitudes…I shall at any rate pay my very earliest respects to your appreciated work. Then I shall communicate with you again.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original hand-addressed mailing envelope.

Auction Info

  • Auction Title: Art, Literature, and Classical Music
  • Dates: #682 - Ended June 20, 2024





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