![]() ![]() Together, the valet enquired after you as ‘votre cousin’. Went to the Savoy with Oscar for two nights and I was sentimental enough to goĭown to the old room 123 next to the restaurant where we used to sleep To get down to Plymouth it was too far to go & I had to get back here,īesides I had no money, I have just heard from my bank that I am overdrawn. Time when you were here I can’t bear you to be so far away. I have comeīack as you see to this rather dismal place, & I keep on thinking of the I am so sorry you have gone, in fact I am quite miserable. Hope you got the bangle safely, & that you are having a good time & are ![]() Letters to Maurice (‘Pretty Boy’) Schwabe from Lord Alfred (‘Bosie’) Douglas, 1893 By Transcription of original letters by Avryl Whitnall, State Library of NSW, September 2013 Letter to Aviva (‘Avivale’) Layton from Lillian (‘Lilli’) Roxon, May 1966 Pen, adhesive tape (discoloured) and paint colour sample on wove paper Letter to Brett Whiteley’s mother Beryl (‘Sningy’) from the Whiteleys (Wendy and Brett), 26 November 1962 Pencil on Government House, Sydney embossed letterhead, watermarked: ORIGINAL TURKEY MILL KENT Letter to Mrs W Dudley Ward, 1 Cumberland Terrace, Regents Park, London from Edward, Prince of Wales, 18–24 June 1920 Letter to Maurice (‘Pretty Boy’) Schwabe from Lord Alfred (‘Bosie’) Douglas, Friday 17 March 1893 Notables such as Oscar Wilde’s literary muse Lord Alfred Douglas Edward, Prince of Wales Wendy and Brett Whiteley and rock journalist Lillian Roxon: As part of Art & About Sydney’s ‘Public Space – Private Lives’ we present a selection of private letters written by public figures.
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