A presentation copy, inscribed in ink on the half title page to Lady Fermoy, longtime Woman of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, ‘For Ruth with love. Sandringham Aug 1st 1982 Hugh Casson’, with an original pen and ink sketch of the artist in his chair, wearing a large hat, next to an imposing building, sketching the trees in front of him, two ducks in attendance.