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JESSIE M. KING AT THE SCOTTISH NATIONAL EXHIBITION 29. Collection Of Autograph Letters Relating To The Scottish National Exhibition Of 1911 KING, Jessie M. 16 Rue De La Grande Chaumière 1911. Four autograph letters signed by Jessie M. King, written to aMr Murray, regarding the loan of her work for the Scottish National Exhibi- tion of 1911. Each a single side of letter paper, one embossed with her Paris address, the otherswith the address inholograph, signed“JessieM. King” or “JessieM. KingTaylor”. In the first letter, of January 1911, King thanks Mr Murray for the invitation to exhibit her bookplate designs in Glasgow, noting that at least three would be available for the exhibition, and that if more are required, she could supply a full set of reproductions. The second letter is notable as she is precise about how they ought be displayed: “I note what you say about bookplates & of course would not dream of asking the loan of orig- inals unless they could stand in their own frames... I think I would prefer not to exhibit any prints unless I were permitted to arrange and frame my own prints for exhibition.” In the third letter King and Murray appear to have reached agreement, “I shall be very pleased to let you have a frame with prints of my best plates,” and then offers to hand illuminate those plates that are not in colour. In the final letter King supplies the list of nine lenders she has, including her hus - band E. A. Taylor. She sends her wishes that the exhibition has “great success as it deserves”, and adds the postscript, “Kindly note that I exhibit my work always in my own maiden name & not in my married name”. Each folded for sending. [40804] £2,250 The Scottish Exhibition of National History, Art and Industry of 1911, held in Kelvingrove Park, was a major event, attracting over nine million visitors. There had been two previous grand exhi- bitions in Glasgow in 1881 and 1901, but this was the first to have an explicit focus on Scottish his - tory, with profits from the fair used to endow a chair of Scottish History & Literature at Glasgow.
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