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London and Middlesex / Re: Family of Thomas Henry and Valeria Vassall Samms RUSSELL (nee Harley)
« on: Tuesday 17 November 15 17:18 GMT (UK) »
Hello Michael,
Great to hear from you and many thanks for getting back to me so quickly. So you must be the son of Elizabeth Mather (nee Trew), yes? "Reveries" is not so much a book as a portfolio of loose-leaf black and white drawings, each illustrating a verse of "The Rubaiyat". It is rare, difficult to find, and expensive when it does turn up (but well worth it for the art-work!) I can send you images of my copy, if you like, but with 20+ images and some other stuff I'd like to send you for comment, this isn't really the forum for it. I'm reluctant to put my email address openly on a website, but if you go to my own website (http://bobforrestweb.co.uk/ ) and scroll right down the home page, you'll find a secure contact box. If you use that, we can then use ordinary email. I doubt I've found out anything about your grandmother from my trawl of ancestry websites that you don't already know, but I may have some new information for you about her artistic career, and, of course, I am eager to hear any details of what you know from your family about that career. Again, many thanks for getting back to me so quickly, and I look forward very much to hearing from you further. Best Wishes, Bob
Great to hear from you and many thanks for getting back to me so quickly. So you must be the son of Elizabeth Mather (nee Trew), yes? "Reveries" is not so much a book as a portfolio of loose-leaf black and white drawings, each illustrating a verse of "The Rubaiyat". It is rare, difficult to find, and expensive when it does turn up (but well worth it for the art-work!) I can send you images of my copy, if you like, but with 20+ images and some other stuff I'd like to send you for comment, this isn't really the forum for it. I'm reluctant to put my email address openly on a website, but if you go to my own website (http://bobforrestweb.co.uk/ ) and scroll right down the home page, you'll find a secure contact box. If you use that, we can then use ordinary email. I doubt I've found out anything about your grandmother from my trawl of ancestry websites that you don't already know, but I may have some new information for you about her artistic career, and, of course, I am eager to hear any details of what you know from your family about that career. Again, many thanks for getting back to me so quickly, and I look forward very much to hearing from you further. Best Wishes, Bob