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2. Drawings (1902-1906)

The first lecture in Proust’s translation of Sesame and Lilies is dedicated “To Reynaldo Hahn, the author of ‘The Muses Mourning the Death of Ruskin’ […] as a token of my admiration and friendship.” Hahn had composed and dedicated this piece to Proust in 1902.

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John Ruskin, Sésame et les lys : des trésors des rois, des jardins des reines. Trans. Marcel Proust. Paris: Mercure de France, 1906. FC9 P9478 906r, Houghton Library, Harvard University. Purchase, Amy Lowell Fund, 1965.
                                                                                                    All photos courtesy of Imaging Department © President and Fellows of Harvard College.