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W. L. Wyllie William Lionel Wyllie distinguished English maritime painter. Autograph Card Signed to ‘Miss Swan’ daughter of artist John Macallan Swan regarding ‘the copy of Cape St Vincent’ and a roll that is unsuitable for a panorama.

ref. 25550 — 24 March 1931. Letterhead: ‘From / W. L. Wyllie / Tower House Portsmouth / Tel. 2598.’. See his entry and that of Swan in the Oxford DNB. From the Swan papers. On both sides of an 11.5 x 9 cm card. In good condition lightly aged and with faint ink line at foot. Signed ‘W L Wyllie’. Begins: ‘Dear Miss Swan / Very many thanks for sending me the copy of Cape St Vincent. It is quite fine I will try if I cannot steal a bit for my big picture.’ He turns to a ‘roll’ which is ‘not long enough to make a panorama’ but which he hopes to be able to ‘drive round and look at’ when the weather is warmer. ‘We might make it into pictures.’ He ends in the hope that ‘the fireback is going strong’ and with regards to her mother. 24 March 1931. Letterhead: ‘From / W. L. Wyllie, / Tower House, Portsmouth / Tel. 2598.’ unknown