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Letter from John Banting to Humphrey Spender

John Banting, recipient: John Humphrey Spender

Letter from John Banting to Humphrey Spender

[c.1930s]

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Created by: John Banting 1902–1971
Recipient: John Humphrey Spender 1910–2005
Title: Letter from John Banting to Humphrey Spender
Date: [c.1930s]
Description: In this letter, John Banting offers the contact details for a 'hair grower', and illustrates the results on a friend of his with an annotated cartoon sketch on the other side of the letter, depicting a man holding a cigarette in one hand and a glass of wine, with 'bushy white hair', 'stays', 'padded chest and shoulders' and 'high "cuban" heels'. In a postscript he says that he would very much like to meet 'Dereck [sic] Kahn' again.
Format: Document - correspondence
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: This collection was presented to the Tate Archive by Humphrey Spender in 1997.
Reference: TGA 9717/1/23

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Letters, drawings and a sketchbook from John Banting to Humphrey Spender TGA 9717 (36)
- Correspondence, loose sketches and proof prints from John Banting to Humphrey Spender TGA 9717/1 (35)
- - Letter from John Banting to Humphrey Spender TGA 9717/1/23