tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post3283814552110730479..comments2024-03-18T19:09:58.940-04:00Comments on The Dusty Bookcase: Frank Prewett on Canvas and Paper (w/ updates)Brian Busbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-19078625948992711712013-05-11T07:36:59.397-04:002013-05-11T07:36:59.397-04:00Good man, David. I wasn't sure that the CWM ha...Good man, David. I wasn't sure that the CWM had bid until after the auction. I too was delighted by the result. Brian Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-70322801566986097802013-05-11T04:19:03.075-04:002013-05-11T04:19:03.075-04:00I registered to bid because of seeing this post. I...I registered to bid because of seeing this post. I dropped out at 1500 pounds on the portrait and 750 on the ms. I was hoping the winner was a Canadian public museum-- delighted to hear that it was.<br />David Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149198111006565605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-31958740372506786212013-05-09T09:39:51.575-04:002013-05-09T09:39:51.575-04:00Tell you about them at the end of July. They were ...Tell you about them at the end of July. They were poets too. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-27461930158536646242013-05-09T08:53:37.696-04:002013-05-09T08:53:37.696-04:00The Cromwell sisters, Patti? I'm afraid I don&...The Cromwell sisters, Patti? I'm afraid I don't.Brian Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-41753321555931223712013-05-09T07:19:57.517-04:002013-05-09T07:19:57.517-04:00Wow. I love the way he shrugs off what he has seen...Wow. I love the way he shrugs off what he has seen--that it has become so ubiquitous that he can return to something like a game of cards. The portrait is terrific. It should be in a Canadian museum. <br />Do you know the story of the Cromwell sisters? I am trying to write a story about them. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-43347579868474658862013-05-08T00:39:17.502-04:002013-05-08T00:39:17.502-04:00Dear Brian: I was the one who found "The Card...Dear Brian: I was the one who found "The Card Game" in the University of Texas Archives. It was scribbled on the back of a letter to Lady Ottoline Morrell. In her response, she said "don't write anything like that again. It is morbid." James Fenton when he as Oxford Professor of Poetry called it "one of the greatest poems written during the First World War." See The Selected Poems of Frank Prewett (Exile Editions, 1987) and We Wasn't Pals: Canadian Poetry and Prose of the First World War (Exile Editions, 2000 and reissue forthcoming this year.Bruce Meyernoreply@blogger.com