[ Anthony Asquith, English film director. ] Autograph Signature, with transcription of Elizabeth Wordsworth's poem 'If all the good people were clever'.
Author:
Anthony Asquith (1902-1968), English film director, son of Liberal Prime Minister Herbert Henry Asquith [ Dame Elizabeth Wordsworth (1840-1932), great-niece of the poet William Wordsworth ]
Publication details:
No place [ Twickenham Film Studios ]. 22 June 1940.
£65.00
SKU: 17123
1p., small 4to. On leaf removed from autograph album. In very good condition, lightly-aged. Headed 'For Ann:', above transcription of the eight-line poem, in two stanzas. Signed at foot 'Anthony Asquith | June 22nd. 1940'. The recipient was the daughter of a technician at Twickenham Film Studios. Given around the time that Asquith was filming Rattigan's 'French Without Tears'.