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- 24/6/1886 (Creation)
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18.2 x 23 cm
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Handwritten letter by Mike Ralli to Cavafy in two bifolios with mourning border, with notes on all sides. The author describes his stay in London and mentions all known sights and other places in the city (Zoological Garden, Madame Tussauds Museum, Royal Academy of Arts, Doré Gallery). He also provides information and expresses his views on performances ("Ruy Blas", "Faust", "The Mikado") that are on in London and that time. Commentary on people from his family circle but also from the broader social circle of the two men. (London)
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English
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Letterhead with a mourning border. Black ink. Watermark: Joynson Fine. Physical item wear: oxidations; holes in the sheet; tear in the paper at the folding point.
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Ralli, Michael (Miké) Th.. “Letter by Mike Ralli to Cavafy”. Letter, 24.06.1886. GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S01-SS01-F18-SF002-0077 (1708), Onassis Foundation C. P. Cavafy Fonds. From The Digital Collection of the Cavafy Archive, edited by Onassis Foundation, Athens, last modified 01.10.2025. https://doi.org/10.26256/CA-SF02-S01-SS01-F18-SF002-0077.
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- Ralli, Michael (Miké) Th. (Authority)
- Ralli, Stephen A. (Subject)
- Zervoudaki (Mavrokordatou), Aikaterini (Subject)
- Hading, Jane (Subject)
- Damalas, Aristeidis (Subject)
- Hugo, Victor (Subject)
- Patti, Adelina (Subject)
- Irving, Henry (Subject)
- [Wills, William-Gorman] (Subject)
- [Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von] (Subject)
- Shakespeare, William (Subject)
- Ralli (Fragkopoulou), Marietta (Subject)
- Zervoudakis, Emmanouil K. (Subject)
- Ralli, Pandely C. (Subject)
- Royal Albert Hall (Subject)
- Lyceum Theatre (London) (Subject)
- Cavafy, C. P. (Subject)
- Rodocanachi, John P. (Subject)