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Felicia Browne

Letter from Felicia Browne to Elizabeth Watson

[April 1936]

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Felicia Browne 1904–1936
Date
[April 1936]
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Created by
Felicia Browne 1904–1936
Title
Letter from Felicia Browne to Elizabeth Watson
Date
[April 1936]
Format
Document - correspondence
Collection
Tate Archive
Acquisition
Purchased by Tate Archive from Jim Sproule, Lin Sproule and Felicia France, November 2010.
Reference
TGA 201023/2/2

Description

In this letter Browne writes about her new job. The title of the job is unspecified but Duncan Grant's introduction to a catalogue of drawings by Felicia Browne, he writes of her work as a kitchen hand in a restaurant and it is presumably this job she is writing about. She refers to 'unspeakble conditions' and the long hours that she and the other staff have to work. She also tells Elizabeth Watson that she has made an appointment with a trade union representative, presumably as part of her efforts to unionize the restaurant staff. There are also references to Elizabeth Watson coming back from a trip and arrangements for the return of her keys.

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  • Drawings and papers of Felicia Browne TGA 201023 (178)
    • Correspondence TGA 201023/2 (10)
      • Letter from Felicia Browne to Elizabeth Watson TGA 201023/2/2
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