1991.1016.80.1

Handwritten letter to Emery Walker from Mrs St John Hornby dated 21st September 1923 in which she asks if he can identify a coat of arms she found in an old picture in Sherborne School. Found inserted in the book, The Chaundler MSS, by Chaundler, Thomas when acquired by the museum, shelf F9 . Part of the Emery Walker Library.

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Handwritten letter from Cicely Rachel Emily St John Hornby to Emery Walker dated 21st September 1923. Found in The Chaundler MSS by Thomas Chaundler. FROM MRS ST JOHN HORNBY, SHELLEY HOUSE, CHELSEA EMBANKNMENT, S.W. In great haste – just off to Italy – I wondered whether by any chance you could find out whose arms these are[i]!!! – found on an old picture in Sherborne School? [Yrs ever. Mrs C. H.[ii] 21. 9. 23 [Footnotes [i]The letter was accompanied by a rough sketch of the arms, see below. [ii]Cicelt Rachel Emily Hornby was the wife of Charles Harold St John Hornby (1867 – 1946), He owned the Ashendene Press and was a friend of Emery Walker and Sydney Cockerell. CAW]