Eugene O'Neill, formal portrait

Eugene O'Neill, formal portrait
(1942)
Size: 3 x 5

NOTES: Inscribed by O'Neill to Jane Caldwell.

INSCRIPTION: (On front)

To Janie / Love to you! / Gene / Feb '42

Jane Caldwell was the daughter of Myrtle Caldwell, a schoolmate of Carlotta's. She was hired to type O'Neill's work in the spring of 1944. A more than platonic relationship developed between Caldwell and O'Neill, which led to a showdown between O'Neill and Carlotta in August of 1945.