DODD

saying that he has seen “your friend, Mrs Poole’s picture...” (Vera Ellen Dendy, 1890-1965, Painter, Wife of Austin Lane Poole, 1889-1963, Historian, from 1913 Tutor, then Fellow at St John's College, Oxford, President, 1947-1957) “hanging in the N.E.A.C. I am v. glad to tell you, that not flowery in the least... I was attracted to it by its excellencies & delighted to find it was by Mrs Poole. I hope it doesn’t seem... patronising to write to say this, I fear it may, if it does just put it down to well meaning effort of mine. I think the show has some nice things in it. I trust you are progressing at your exams all right... my hip joint threatens arthritis in a mild way & bothers me unduly...”, with a postscript to tell his “friend that her picture was a refreshing sensation to a weary jury...”, 2 sides 8vo.,, 51 Blackheath Park, London, no date