Manuscripts and letters

Lou Andreas-Salomé Surely, a friend loves a friend the way That I love you, enigmatic life — Whether I rejoiced...

Robert Mapplethorpe, Self portrait, 1970s Robert Mapplethorpe, Patti Smith (Neckbrace), New York, 1977 . “Everything distracted...

Vladimir Nabokov and Véra, his future wife, Berlin, 1924 . c 26 July 1923 “I won’t hide it. I’m so...

Ansel Adams, Storm, Point Sur, Monterey Coast, California, 1942 “There is peace even in the storm” Vincent van Gogh From...

Vera Komissarzhevskaya as Nora in Henrik Ibsen s A Doll' s House, 1904 Torvald: “Hasn’t Miss Sweet Tooth been breaking...

Anton Chekhov (left) with his brother Nikolay Chekhov, an artist (right), 1882 “Civilized people must, I believe, satisfy the following criteria:...

Portrait of Frances Virginia Lee Harris, 1903 . They watch me, those informers to the Fates, Called Fortune, Chance, Necessity,...

First edition, Archibald Constable and Co, 1897 Grosset & Dunlap,...

L'Arlésienne, L'Arlésienne: Madame Ginoux, or Portrait of Madame Ginoux is the title given to a group of six similar paintings...

Louis J Steele, An Autumn Morning, 1917 “Is not this a true autumn day? Just the still melancholy that I...