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Illustrated letter from John Nash to his family

John Nash, recipient: William Harry Nash

Illustrated letter from John Nash to his family

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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

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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