Shaw, George Bernard (1856-1950) Photograph with Autograph Letter Signed on Verso and Autograph Letter Signed.

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Shaw, George Bernard (1856-1950) Photograph with Autograph Letter Signed on Verso and Autograph Letter Signed. Black-and-white image of Shaw taken by Edwin Samuel on March 16, 1931, on the edge of the Lake of Iberias, "Sea of Galilee, on which Jesus walked-- I had to swim) after I bathed in it," suggesting the image as a suitable frontispiece to the Androcles preface; [together with] a short note on graph paper, September 16, 1902 mentioning finding some reviews of Mrs. Warren "but they are very dull: the pictures were swallowed without a ray of intelligence," sizes vary.
Estimate $600-800


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