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Letter to Jocelyn Horner: Sketch for 'The Beggar's Opera'

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Letter to Jocelyn Horner: Sketch for 'The Beggar's Opera'
Letter to Jocelyn Horner: Sketch for 'The Beggar's Opera'
Letter to Jocelyn Horner: Sketch for 'The Beggar's Opera'

Letter to Jocelyn Horner: Sketch for 'The Beggar's Opera'

Datec.1921
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 35b
Signature

unsigned, undated

Inscription

pen and ink l.c. The Beggar's Opera

OwnershipLeeds Museums and Galleries (City Art Gallery, Leeds): gift of Jocelyn Horner
More Information

This drawing appears on page 1 of a letter written by Moore from Sydney Street, Chelsea, during his first term at the Royal College of Art, to his Yorkshire friend Jocelyn Horner. Moore's excitement at visiting 'four plays and two operas' accounts for the subject.

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