[Donovan [Donovan Philips Leitch], Scottish musician associated with the hippy movement.] Autograph inscription to ‘Clare’, made at the time of his 1968 concert at the Royal Albert Hall.

It was around the time of this autograph that Donovan travelled with the Beatles to India to see the Maharishi, during which he gave Lennon and McCartney tips on guitar playing. A couple of months later he would release one of his biggest hits, ‘Hurdy Gurdy Man’. On 14 x 10.5 cm piece of grey paper, extracted from an album. In good condition, lightly aged. Large flowing inscription in red ink, diagonally down from top left: ‘love / To Clare / from / Donovan’. Also in red ink, in another hand at top left: ‘ROYAL ALBERT / HALL / MARCH ’68’. The only other thing on the page is a newspaper photograph of Donovan, roughly 5 cm square, laid down at bottom right. On the reverse are five barely decipherable signatures and inscriptions, headed by ‘HAPPY MAGAZINE / all my Love Brian [Rowan?] / X X X X X X X’. The group, Happy Magazine featured signatories Alan Marshall, Alan White and Kenny Craddock, Peter Kirtley and Brian Rowan. See Image of Donovan..