Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Frances Dakyns

Letter No. VWL3500

Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Frances Dakyns

Letter No.: VWL3500

10 Hanover Terrace, London, NW 1

[October 1957]

Ralph Vaughan Williams
thanks you for your
good wishes¹

It was good to hear from you again – I often tell of the story of the monkey who ran to be eaten by the lion²
RVW

1. On his 85th birthday.
2. Check reading. This line added in manuscript

To:

Dakyns, Frances
From:

Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958
Scribe:

Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958
Format:

Letter
General Notes:

Printed postcard with MS additions.
Original sold at Sotheby’s on 1 December 1994.