£220
R.M.S. TITANIC: KELLY, Sir Gerald Festus (1879-1972), KCVO, PRA, RHA, HRSA Portrait of Filson Young - Alexander Bell Filson Young (1876-1938) Signed, dated and inscribed 'Kelly - Filson Nov 29th 1919' bottom left Inscribed 'Filson Young' on side and top of canvas Oil on canvas. 18ins. x 26ins.
Filson Young published the first book about the sinking of the R.M.S. Titanic, in 1912 only 37 days after the sinking. He was also an essayist, war correspondent in the Boer War and World War I, a programmes advisor to the BBC, and the author of two novels. Beside his literary work, he was an organist and composer, and a pioneer of motoring and aviation. Copies of Young's famous Titanic volume and Derek Hudson's biography of Sir Gerald Kelly are also included in the lot.
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