A penknife, stamped and inked with his alias 'JOHN HUME ROSS R.A.F.' (6)

细节

Thomas Edward Lawrence (1888-1935)
A penknife, stamped and inked with his alias 'JOHN HUME ROSS R.A.F.' (6)

来源

Wing Commander K. Burnham, according to a note of provenance ('I acquired this pocket knife during 1943 as part payment of a 50/- crown and anchor gambling debt from Wing Commander K. Burnham. It is reputed to have belonged to T.E. Lawrence. R.M.') sold with this lot.
Anon. sale, Dickins Auctioneers, Middle Claydon, 7 Oct. 2006, lot 961.

注意事项

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拍品专文

The lot includes copies of Lawrence's Seven Pillars of Wisdom (Oxford: 1935) and The Mint (London: 1955), together with 3 further works relating to Lawrence (Anon. sale, Dickens Auctioneers, Middle Claydon, 7 Oct. 2006, lots 962-965 and 967).