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  • A Visit to Dorothy Richardson

    By Richard Garnett, published under the heading Women of Today in the Yorkshire Post, March 3rd 1924) A visit to Miss Dorothy Richardson (Mrs Alan Odle) in her lodging off the Marlborough Road, in London. confirms one’s belief in the supremacy of mind over matter. She lives in an ancient terrace whose steps and of…

  • The Gypsy

    This ‘review’ appeared on page 158 in the Tatler on the 4th August 1915. Who is the art editor of that new, curious, and interesting magazine “Gipsy”, (sic) which recently made its bow to the public. Mr Odle is a very clever decorative artist with a distinctive style, whose pictures possess something of the quaint…

  • Letter from Jack Lindsay

    Forge Cottage Onslow Green Dunmow                                                                       Essex                                                               Oct.8th 1930 Dear Alan Odle                                Thanks very much for your letter which gave me great pleasure to read…. It is very good of you to grant us a period of 3 months in which to pick up and find the new instrument for the production of…

  • Alan’s Odle’s Estate

    The Probate Calendar for 1949 gives the following information: ODLE, Alan Elsden of Hillside Trevone Padstow Cornwall died 14th February 1948 Administration Bodmin 7 January to Dorothy Miller Odle widow. Effects £811 15s. Alan did not leave a will so his estate went to his widow, but of course there are no details, so we…

  • Gustave Flaubert

    The Manuscripts entry book of the Chatto & Windus archive at the University of Reading records a manuscript submission in 1919 by Dorothy Richardson of a translation of Flaubert’s “The Legend of Saint Julian, Hospitaler” with illustrations by Alan Odle. It was declined, but there is no readers report extant to give a reason. Yet…

  • Letter to John Lane

    32 Queens Terrace St Johns Wood Nov. 24th 1913 To John Lane Esq Dear Sir, I am thinking of paying you a visit today (Wednesday) Probably about 11.15 Yours very truly Allan Odle The mind boggles at the efficiency of the postal system if this could be posted then delivered before the appointed time. The…

  • Early Letter

                                                                                                                                                  32 Queen’s Terrace                                                                                                                                                     St John’s Wood                                                                                                                                                                 Saturday                                                                                                                                                                    4.2.11 Dear Mr Richards                                      I have some drawings (as yet in the initial stages) which I should like you see and approve before completion. I have been confined to my rooms for some time past with a bad cold – hence the delay.           …

  • Website update

    When updating this website I somehow lost my previous posts, which I will now try and remember.