THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

The White Gates,
Dorking, Surrey.

27th January, 1953.

Dear Michael

Thank you so much for the photographs.¹ The one of John² and I meeting looks just as if one of us had just been telling an improper story; but do I really look like a sick dog when I am listening to music?
my love to Eslyn
yrs
RVW³
(R. Vaughan Williams).

Michael Kennedy, Esq.,
3, Moorwood Drive,
The Avenue, Sale.

1.  Taken at the premiere of Sinfonia Antartica in Manchester.
2.  i.e. Sir John Barbirolli, conductor of the Hallé Orchestra.
3.  Opening and final greeting and initials added by VW in manuscript.