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John Nash, recipient: William Harry Nash

Illustrated letter from John Nash to his family

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John Nash 1893–1977
Recipient
William Harry Nash
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Created by
John Nash 1893–1977
Recipient
William Harry Nash
Title
Illustrated letter from John Nash to his family
Date
Description
The letter is addressed to 'Dear People', and possibly intended for William, Audrey and Barbara Nash. Nash thanks his family for sending pipes, and says that he has not had any letters from them for two weeks. The letter is illustrated with a drawing of Nash with his mouth full of pipes, and a drawing of two soldiers with a pick and a shovel in the rain.
Format
Document - correspondence
Collection
Tate Archive
Acquisition
Gift of Anstice Shaw, September 1983.
Reference
TGA 8313/1/3/18
London Group Bloomsbury Group

Archive context

  • Letters and papers of Paul Nash TGA 8313 (183)
    • Correspondence TGA 8313/1 (183)
      • Letters from John Nash to members of the Nash family TGA 8313/1/3 (13)
        • Illustrated letter from John Nash to his family TGA 8313/1/3/18
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