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A love-song of Medusa, perhaps : autograph poem signed, undated [ca. 1949].

BIB_ID
315781
Accession number
MA 3847.16
Creator
Sitwell, Edith, 1887-1964.
Display Date
undated [ca. 1949].
Credit line
Gift of Lord Clark of Saltwood, 1980.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 32.9 cm
Notes
Dating based a letter from Sitwell to Kenneth Clark (Renishaw Hall, 10 Aug. 1949), which possibly enclosed the poem. See MA 3848.33.
Part of a collection of autograph poems of Dame Edith Sitwell, sent by her to Kenneth and Jane Clark. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see related collection-level record for more information.
The second of two fair copies of the poem. See also MA 3847.15.
Provenance
Sent by the poet to Lord and Lady Clark and given by Lord Clark to the Morgan Library in 1980.
Summary
A fair copy of the poem, elsewhere titled "Medusa's Love-Song," with her footnotes.