Silk, Muriel, fl 1955-1957 (picture restorer)
Biography
Silk, Muriel, picture restorer, aunt of Dennis
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Letter from Muriel Silk (Kingston St Mary, Somerset) to Siegfried Sassoon congratulating him on receiving the Queen's Medal, 1957
A collection of 1094 letters, postcards and other items known as 'Sassoon's residual correspondence' although it does also include a number of items addressed to other persons particularly to his wife, Hester, and his mother, Theresa Thornycroft.
Letter from Muriel Silk, picture restorer, (Hampstead) to Siegfried Sassoon re thanks for ''The Tasking'', 4 Jan. 1955
The collection largely comprises letters addressed to Sassoon although there are few other recipients such as Glen Byam Shaw and Georgiana Theresa Thornycroft, Siegfried Sassoon's mother. There are also some postcards; draft and unpublished copies of poems; bills; and other related papers.