Blunt, Wilfred, Scawen

Posted by Alfred Armstrong
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 20:56
Born: 
1840
Died: 
1922
Surname: 
Blunt
Forenames: 
Wilfred, Scawen
Poet and publicist, related to Lord Alfred Douglas. In his Oscar Wilde, FH said he scarcely knew nor cared about Blunt, but by the time he wrote his portrait of Blunt (Contemporary Portraits, Fourth Series), FH 'remembered' several meetings and had apparently been deeply interested in him.
Sources: 
PP, TG