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Letter from Paul Nash to Margaret Nash written from France while on commission to make drawings at the Front as a war artist

Paul Nash, recipient: Margaret Nash

Letter from Paul Nash to Margaret Nash written from France while on commission to make drawings at the Front as a war artist

27 November 1917

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Created by: Paul Nash 1889–1946
Recipient: Margaret Nash 1887–1960
Title: Letter from Paul Nash to Margaret Nash written from France while on commission to make drawings at the Front as a war artist
Date: 27 November 1917
Description: Written from France while on commission to make drawings at the Front as a war artist, describing his experiences and his work there. Has two torn pages, with parts missing; discusses Margaret's reaction to the Sitwells and mentions his Blake drawings and 'Summer Garden'. Includes envelope.
Format: Document - correspondence
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: Gift of Anstice Shaw, September 1983.
Reference: TGA 8313/1/1/165

Romanticism London Group New English Art Club Neo-Romanticism British War Art

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Letters and papers of Paul Nash TGA 8313 (183)
- Correspondence TGA 8313/1 (183)
- - Letters from Paul Nash to Margaret Nash TGA 8313/1/1 (169)
  - - Letter from Paul Nash to Margaret Nash written from France while on commission to make drawings at the Front as a war artist TGA 8313/1/1/165