[Robert Lockhart Hobson, Keeper of the Department of Ceramics and Ethnography at the British Museum.] Autograph Letter Signed to Wilfred Seymour De Winton, describing the process of reopening the Museum in the wake of the Great War.

See his obituaries in The Times, Burlington Magazine and elsewhere. Casting light on the process of reopening the British Museum in the wake of the Great War. From the papers of the recipient, Wilfred Seymour De Winton of Haverfordwest and Cardiff. 1p, 12mo. In fair condition, lightly worn and creased. Signed ‘R. L. Hobson’ and addressed to ‘Dear Mr. de Winton’. He has been ‘back at the Museum about 3 weeks & most of that has been spent in helping to get ready for the public some of the more accessible galleries’. It will, he fears, ‘be some time yet before we can hope to be able to see the Franks Continental on show. It is, like most of the ceramics, still packed away & as the fittings of the New Wing cases are not yet complete (with a few exceptions) it is hard to say when the things can be got out.’ He hopes to be able to ‘get on with that work’ early in the new year. He is glad De Winton has found ‘Rackham such a pleasant acquaintance. I knew you would.’