Entertainment Autograph - rare personal signed letter to act...

Hammer

£220

Entertainment Autograph - rare personal signed letter to actress Miss Alice Bowes from George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950 comes with period photograph of Alice Bowes 1889-1969 (2) - On Reid's Palace Hotel Funchal Maderia Letterheading Belmond Reid's Palace is a historic hotel located on a clifftop overlooking the Bay of Funchal. This Luxury hotel was built by Scotsman William Reid in 1891 and became an attraction to the European royalty and English aristocracy. Letter content is a reply to Miss Bowes saying he remembered her quite well and why has she not made her fortune, she must have been asking for info on a Surgeon Sir Herbert Barker his reply was he did not operate on my knee so i can't do anything for you and have to put your case before him and offer him a promissory note payable when he has seen you. He also goes on to say she should contact Sir Herbert Barker herself and it would be stupid for me to ask and place him under obligation to him for something he has done for me. Letter dated 14th January 1925. Sir Herbert Atkinson Barker (21 April 1869 - 21 July 1950) was an English manipulative surgeon. He developed a highly successful technique, specialising in knee and other damaged joints both in the top sportsmen and the general public. He advocated the avoidance of surgery. However, his methods were never formally approved by the medical establishment