KELLY, Sir Gerald Festus (1879-1972). Portrait painter.
Typewritten Letter Signed ('Gerald') with autograph superscript and postscript by his wife Jane to the tenor Derek Oldham, 1 page 8vo (note of identification at the head), Portman Square, 11 August 1964. Praising Oldham's singing and explaining that he had begun portraits of Lauritz [Melchior] and his wife Kleinchen, but had never finished them.

'... She was a duck; so good to him, so wise. ...'

£42 [No: 24909]