One-page typed letter signed by Margot Fonteyn in blue ink, addressed to Mrs. Peggy Tucker in New York. Dated October 20, 1949. 11x8½".

Dame Margot Fonteyn de Arias (1919-1991), modern British ballet dancer, whose name changed after marriage and recognition from the Crown for her important role in the dancing arts. She studied under the Russian teacher and dancer Seraphima Astafieva and soon became a member of the Vic-Wells Ballet (now the Royal Ballet). She achieved greatness in successfully mastering many roles formerly danced by the famed British dancer Alicia Markova. Her most famous role was Aurora in “The Sleeping Beauty.” In 1979 the Royal Ballet granted Fonteyn the rare title prima ballerina assoluta.