Accession number
PML 197016
Creator
Foxwell (Nurse)
Credit line
Purchased on the Kenneth A. Lohf Fund, 2017.
Notes
First leaf inscribed with a pastiche of gothic handwriting in red and black ink: Nurse Foxwell V.A.D. / 1st Western Gen. Hos.
Contains several full-page and double-page color drawings in pen and wash, most of which are humorous in nature, and a few portraits presumably of the album's owner.
A flower and postal stamp have been attached to two leaves.
Inscribers identify themselves chiefly as Welsh and Scottish, with a few English and at least one Australian.
Contains several full-page and double-page color drawings in pen and wash, most of which are humorous in nature, and a few portraits presumably of the album's owner.
A flower and postal stamp have been attached to two leaves.
Inscribers identify themselves chiefly as Welsh and Scottish, with a few English and at least one Australian.
Description
1 volume (58 leaves, some blank) ; 15.4 cm
Summary
A collection of poems, sentiments, and drawings by World War One soldiers convalescing at the 1st Western General Hospital, Fazakerley, Liverpool. Many entries are addressed directly to Nurse Foxwell and are individually signed and dated between March 1916 and September 1917.
Binding
Leather-bound album, lettered in gold, all edges gilt.
Classification
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