BIB_ID
239542
Accession number
MA 5145
Creator
Gurney, Ivor, 1890-1937.
Display Date
1924 Nov. 15.
Credit line
Bequest of Kenneth A. Lohf, 2001.
Description
1 item (12 p.), unbound ; 18 cm + envelope
Notes
At the time of writing this letter Gurney was a patient at the City of London Mental Hospital, Dartford, Kent.
Envelope docketed by Gurney: "war poet please give."
Envelope is inscribed by Siegfried Sassoon, "Letter from Ivor Gurney (mad)," and has a postmark and stamp.
Envelope docketed by Gurney: "war poet please give."
Envelope is inscribed by Siegfried Sassoon, "Letter from Ivor Gurney (mad)," and has a postmark and stamp.
Provenance
Sale (Sotheby's, Dec. 13, 1993); Kenneth A. Lohf.
Summary
Giving a disjointed account of his career as a war poet; identifying the locations of his manuscripts and asking for Davies' help in securing them.
Housed in
Light blue cloth slipcase (19.7 cm)
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