Sir Jacob Epstein, recipient: Peggy Jean Lewis

Letter from Jacob Epstein to Peggy Jean

28 June 1955

Sir Jacob Epstein, ‘Page 1’ 28 June 1955 — © The estate of Sir Jacob Epstein

Image released under Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-ND (3.0 Unported)

License this image

Created by: Sir Jacob Epstein 1880–1959
Recipient: Peggy Jean Lewis 1918–2010
Title: Letter from Jacob Epstein to Peggy Jean
Date: 28 June 1955
Description: The letter concerns his recent wedding to Kathleen Garman and his imminent trip to USA. Includes original envelope.
Format: Document - correspondence
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: Purchased for the Tate Archive from Peggy Jean Lewis in two batches, sixty letters in 1987 and the photographs and three letters in 1989.
Reference: TGA 8716/43

Bloomsbury British War Art Camden Town Group Direct carving Futurism London Group New English Art Club Vorticism

Archive context

Correspondence between Jacob Epstein and his family with photographs of the artist, his family, his studio and his works TGA 8716 (134)

Letter from Jacob Epstein to Peggy Jean TGA 8716/43

You might like

Sir Jacob Epstein, recipient: Peggy Jean Lewis Letter from Jacob Epstein to Peggy Jean

16 February [1955]
Sir Jacob Epstein, recipient: Peggy Jean Lewis Letter from Jacob Epstein to Peggy Jean

4 August [1954]
Sir Jacob Epstein, recipient: Peggy Jean Lewis Letter from Jacob Epstein to Peggy Jean

1 March [1956]
Sir Jacob Epstein, recipient: Peggy Jean Lewis Letter from Jacob Epstein to Peggy Jean

27 November [1954]
Sir Jacob Epstein, recipient: Peggy Jean Lewis Letter from Jacob Epstein to Peggy Jean

[July 1955]
Sir Jacob Epstein, recipient: Peggy Jean Lewis Letter from Jacob Epstein to Peggy Jean

23 July [1954]
Sir Jacob Epstein, recipient: Peggy Jean Lewis Letter from Jacob Epstein to Peggy Jean

23 March [1955]
Sir Jacob Epstein, recipient: Peggy Jean Lewis Letter from Jacob Epstein to Peggy Jean

15 April [1955]
Sir Jacob Epstein, recipient: Peggy Jean Lewis Letter from Jacob Epstein to Peggy Jean

17 January [1955]
Sir Jacob Epstein, recipient: Peggy Jean Lewis Letter from Jacob Epstein to Peggy Jean

19 May [1955]
Sir Jacob Epstein, recipient: Peggy Jean Lewis Letter from Jacob Epstein to Peggy Jean

13 November [1954]
Sir Jacob Epstein, recipient: Peggy Jean Lewis Letter from Jacob Epstein to Peggy Jean

[20 October 1955]
Sir Jacob Epstein, recipient: Peggy Jean Lewis Letter from Jacob Epstein to Peggy Jean

02 July [1952]
Sir Jacob Epstein, recipient: Peggy Jean Lewis Letter from Jacob Epstein to Peggy Jean

9 February [1959]
Sir Jacob Epstein, recipient: Peggy Jean Lewis Letter from Jacob Epstein to Peggy Jean

14 October [1955]

Explore

architecture(41,338)
- public and municipal(2,396)
- - shop(403)
emotions, concepts and ideas(16,875)
- formal qualities(12,931)
- - scale(146)
- universal concepts(6,472)
- - beauty(1,483)
history(5,803)
- military: World War II(1,256)
- - air raid(59)
  - Blitz(63)
  - World War II - non-specific(1,118)
objects(23,378)
- fine art and design, named works(6,078)
people(35,143)
- ethnicity(4,564)
- - Jewish(3,433)
- named groups(2,826)
- named individuals(12,533)
places(41,542)
- cities, towns, villages (non-UK)(13,291)
- - New York - non-specific(325)
  - Philadelphia(31)
- countries and continents(17,557)
- - Italy(4,478)
  - USA(624)
  - USA, Pennsylvania(40)
- UK cities, towns and villages(12,695)
- - Liverpool - non-specific(73)
- UK counties(19,574)
- - Lancashire(330)
  - Merseyside(100)
- UK countries and regions(24,411)
- - England(19,255)
  - England, Northern(2,981)
- UK London(5,180)
- - London - non-specific(3,641)
religion and belief(8,358)
- religions(3,895)
- - Judaism(1,168)
society(34,906)
- family(4,136)
- - brother(623)
  - daughter(719)
  - family(1,065)
  - father(702)
  - granddaughter(92)
  - grandfather(89)
  - grandson(81)
  - husband(1,426)
  - mother(1,355)
  - sister(835)
  - son(676)
  - wife(1,595)
- nationality(18,324)
- - American(749)
  - British(2,361)
  - English(12,973)
  - Scottish(2,802)
- sex and relationships(5,329)
- - affair(964)
  - marriage(364)
work and occupations(14,164)
- arts and entertainment(6,586)
- - artist, draughtsman(670)
  - artist, sculptor(1,460)
  - collector / patron(921)
  - model(233)
- crime and punishment(439)
- - lawyer(163)
- medical(469)
- - doctor(207)