Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to William Rothenstein

Dear Rothenstein

Thank you very much for your most interesting series of portraits.¹  One advantage the artist has over the musician is that he is obliged to study human nature & get into contact with other interesting minds.
I feel proud, though slightly embarrassed, at being in such distinguished company.
Yours sincerely

R. Vaughan Williams

1. William Rothenstein, Twenty-four portraits with critical appreciations by various hands ... second series, published by Chatto & Windus in 1923. Check. The first series had been published by Allen & Unwin in 1920.