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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
- 12 January [1956]
- Description
- The letter mentions his work on designing the Philadelphia Franklin Medal and 'Trades Union Congress War Memorial' (1956-7). The letter includes a newspaper cutting from the Daily Express about the Philadelphia Franklin medal awarded to Winston Churchill. 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 8716/48
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