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- Created by
- Sir Jacob Epstein 1880–1959
- Recipient
- Peggy Jean Lewis 1918–2010
- Title
- Letter from Jacob Epstein to Peggy Jean
- Date
- [20 October 1955]
- Description
- The letter discusses his current workload, mentioning commissions he is working on. The letter also mentions Graham Sutherland's tapestry for Coventry Cathedral and Jacob Epstein's work 'Trades Union Congress War Memorial' (1956-7). 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 8716/47
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