John Summerson, Letter from the Director of Sir John Soane’s Museum, with illustration of museum cat, date unknown. Pen and ink on letterhead, 204 × 216 mm. DMC 2151.
The cat was called ‘Puss’. Anthony Vidler recalls that it ‘was fierce, and farted underneath the desk’.
From the Desk of John Summerson
The cat was called ‘Puss’. Anthony Vidler recalls that it ‘was fierce, and farted underneath the desk’.
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Category
commentaries, rants & reflections
Period
c20th
Architect
John Summerson
Medium
drawing
Tags
humour & satire correspondence letters ephemera