"Killala"
Caroline St.
S. Yarra.1
Dear Baron Von Mueller,
May I ask the favour of your patronage & presence at little Percy's concert on Monday September 10th.2
I have not forgotten my promise of the photograph, & will send it very soon.3
Hoping you will grant my request.
I am, dear Baron von Mueller,
Sincerely Yours
Rose Grainger.
Aug 23rd 1894.
Melbourne.
The concert by Percy Grainger, then 12 years old, in Melbourne's Masonic Hall, was very favourably reviewed; see, for example, Age (Melbourne), 11 September 1894, p. 7, Leader, 15 September 1894, p. 23.
Filed with the letter is a photograph of Percy Grainger inscribed: 'To Baron von Mueller with love from Percy. 1894.'
Please cite as “FVM-94-08-23,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on