Letter from Amy Krauss to Isabel Field
Date
18 May 1947
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Date
18 May 1947
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Fragment of letterhead Redlane Cottage, East Street, Corfe Castle Wareham Dorset Tel Corfe Castle 307
May 18, 1947
My dear Mrs Field
I thought of you all yesterday when Frances was cremated at Weymouth. A very simple ceremony with a few intimate friends present – as she would have wished. Dorothy brought your wreath from London with her & she placed it on the coffin. The clergyman lead a short service – then the coffin slid back behind doors which closed & it was all over. You will have heard from Dorothy; Frances had very few possessions besides her clothes; any finished pictures & drawings are at the Gallery, not many as she had done very little work for a year or two.
The drawings etc in the studio were mostly odd notes & things she had used as material I imagine. You will hear all about them from Mr Piper. It’s all in good hands & they will tell you what has been done. A note came just after she died from the Prime Minister asking her if he might submit her name in the birthday honours as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. I sent it on to Mr Piper.
Dorothy is coming to Corfe at Whitsuntide & she & I shall be dealing with her clothes & few possessions at the cottage.
With very kind regards to you & Mr P. Field. Yours sincerely Amy E. Krauss.
[In pencil] ‘Could you let me know Frances’ age & exact date?’
May 18, 1947
My dear Mrs Field
I thought of you all yesterday when Frances was cremated at Weymouth. A very simple ceremony with a few intimate friends present – as she would have wished. Dorothy brought your wreath from London with her & she placed it on the coffin. The clergyman lead a short service – then the coffin slid back behind doors which closed & it was all over. You will have heard from Dorothy; Frances had very few possessions besides her clothes; any finished pictures & drawings are at the Gallery, not many as she had done very little work for a year or two.
The drawings etc in the studio were mostly odd notes & things she had used as material I imagine. You will hear all about them from Mr Piper. It’s all in good hands & they will tell you what has been done. A note came just after she died from the Prime Minister asking her if he might submit her name in the birthday honours as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. I sent it on to Mr Piper.
Dorothy is coming to Corfe at Whitsuntide & she & I shall be dealing with her clothes & few possessions at the cottage.
With very kind regards to you & Mr P. Field. Yours sincerely Amy E. Krauss.
[In pencil] ‘Could you let me know Frances’ age & exact date?’
Pages
3 pages
Institutional No.
MS-Papers-0085-49
Credit Line
Letters
to
Isabel
Field.
Field,
Isabel
Jane,
1867-1950
:
Correspondence
of
Frances
Hodgkins
and
family
/
collected
by
Isabel
Field.
Ref:
MS-Papers-0085-49.
Alexander
Turnbull
Library,
Wellington,
New
Zealand.
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