A letter from Siegfried Sassoon discussing the recent appointment of Benjamin Britten to the Order

A letter from Siegfried Sassoon discussing the recent appointment of Benjamin Britten to the Order of Merit

...I would run a mile to avoid the O.M. Whatever it may represent for others, to me it is merely vain glory and worldly intrusiveness...Britten's appointment is appropriate for a gifted popular public figure. Otherwise the Palace can put its head in a bag...

17.5 x 13.7cm

Unframed

Together with a letter from Rev Richard Seymour to Sassoon, dated 24 March 1954 and an accompanying gift of 'Handwriting Sheets' by Patrick Barry (3)

Provenance:

Siegfried Sassoon;

And by family descent