# The Dorabella note (Elgar to Miss Penny)

> The Dorabella note (Elgar to Miss Penny)

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**ART** 0CRZB05Y31RQ·Artifact · document

# The Dorabella note (Elgar to Miss Penny)

PhotographPublic domainEnclosed with a letter of 14 July 1897

[Cite][Download](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/d/e10d947bb864f074e09702319be1220d03d9c670ba32c6d4ebcfabdaaf11d5a5)

[![The Dorabella note (Elgar to Miss Penny): photo](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/e10d947bb864f074e09702319be1220d03d9c670ba32c6d4ebcfabdaaf11d5a5.png)](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/e10d947bb864f074e09702319be1220d03d9c670ba32c6d4ebcfabdaaf11d5a5.png)

The Dorabella note (Elgar to Miss Penny): photo

[![The Dorabella note (Elgar to Miss Penny): photo](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/e10d947bb864f074e09702319be1220d03d9c670ba32c6d4ebcfabdaaf11d5a5.png)][![The Dorabella note (Elgar to Miss Penny): picture](https://mysteriesdept.com/media/folio/dorabella-cipher-a-note-c1)]

unknown (from the 1937 facsimile, via ciphermysteries.com), 1897. Public domain

## Copies 3

**Scan** Oxford University Press facsimile (1937) · archive.org · 1937 · facsimile of a public-domain note; scan marked copyright protectedPrimary source: [Edward Elgar: Memories of a Variation](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CRZAG2A7KEB/edward-elgar-memories-of-a-variation)2 steps from the original

[Where it's published](https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.155431)

**Photo** unknown (from the 1937 facsimile, via ciphermysteries.com) · commons.wikimedia.org · Public domain (PD-old)Primary source: [Edward Elgar: Memories of a Variation](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CRZAG2A7KEB/edward-elgar-memories-of-a-variation)3 steps from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dorabella-cipher-image.png)[Download](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/d/e10d947bb864f074e09702319be1220d03d9c670ba32c6d4ebcfabdaaf11d5a5)

**Picture** Edward Elgar · commons.wikimedia.org · Public domain (PD-old)3 steps from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dorabella-cipher-image.png)

## Where it was made

[Great Malvern, Worcestershire](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CRZAKZA6WYN/great-malvern-worcestershire) · Town

## Sources 1

- [Edward Elgar: Memories of a Variation](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CRZAG2A7KEB/edward-elgar-memories-of-a-variation)_SRC_

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The Dorabella note (Elgar to Miss Penny) [Artifact ART0CRZB05Y31RQ]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0CRZB05Y31RQ
```

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**ART** 0CRZB05Y31RQ

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Document

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lost

Dated

enclosed with a letter of 14 July 1897; reproduced in facsimile 1937

Licence

Public domain (PD-old)

Place

[Great Malvern, Worcestershire](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CRZAKZA6WYN/great-malvern-worcestershire)

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[Dorabella cipher](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dorabella-cipher)

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