Dearest Sydney
Subtitle: Joan Hassall's letters to Sydney Cockerell from Italy & France, April-May 1950
By: edited by Brian North Lee
Contributors: Cockerell, Sydney Morris, 1906-1987; Lee, Brian North
Publisher: Fleece Press
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Wakefield
Language: eng
Number of pages: 67
Subjects: Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle, -- Sir, -- 1867-1962; Hassall, Joan -- Correspondence; Europe -- Description and travel
Description: "[These letters] record a single holiday lasting twenty-six days and were written to the beloved friend who financed the excursion, Sir Sydney Cockerell (1867-1962). Very rarely can such a benefaction have been so amply rewarded, for the almost daily and sizable correspondence is anything but merely dutiful. Heart speaks to heart, and the artist-intimate reponds to the prompting and enthusiam of the learned connoisseur. Sadly scarcely anything survives of Sir Sydney's side of the correspondence; but it would, in any case, have been prefaced by much verbal comment and discussion. Moreover, postal delays during a period in which Joan moved on every few days would have precluded promptings about her present venue." -- From Joan Hassell & Sydney Cockerell.
Notes: Limited ed of 220 copies