ASQUITH Margot - ALS 1924 giving her views on statues and Liberals v. Tories Category_Art

ASQUITH Margot - ALS 1924 giving her views on statues and Liberals v. Tories Category_ArtMargot ASQUITH (1864 1945) Autograph Letter Signed (Margot Asquith) to Dear Lord Knutsford expressing her views on the statue of Edith Cavell, and later those of Florence Nightingale and Sidney Herbert, and pointing out the difference between Tories and Liberals You all believe in Force we dont. 4 pages 8vo in pencil, The Wharf, Sutton Courtney, 29 June 1924. It is very sweet of you to write: we loved the little London Hospital ceremony in memory of

commander of the 10th regiment of Dragoons discussing the allocation of eagles for distinguished conduct following the battle of Austerlitz

who had been a friend of Ney

the production of works of art is not elastic

and Maria Carolina

but later accepted Napoleon’s accession as Emperor

balanced in his mental

Be assured

just & wise

Although the Louvre was not yet the great repository of paintings and sculpture which it is today

The youngest of the Sitwell siblings

for a time a member of the Communist Party

It is prodigious and enormous