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Kenneth Clark, recipient: E. W. Blensdorf

Copy of a letter sent from Kenneth Clark to the artists at Hutchinson Internment Camp

29 August 1940

Reproduced by permission of the Estate of Kenneth Clark c/o The Hanbury Agency Ltd, London © Kenneth Clark. All Rights Reserved.

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Created by
Kenneth Clark 1903–1983
Recipient
E. W. Blensdorf
Title
Copy of a letter sent from Kenneth Clark to the artists at Hutchinson Internment Camp
Date
29 August 1940
Description
Letter responding to the artists' appeal for help in gaining release from Hutchinson Internment Camp. Addressed to E.W. Blensdorf.
Format
Document - correspondence
Collection
Tate Archive
Acquisition
The material was presented to the nation (as a gift in lieu) and allocated to the Tate Archive in 1988.
Reference
TGA 8812/1/4/182/12

Archive context

  • Papers of Kenneth Clark TGA 8812 (120)
    • Correspondence of Kenneth Clark TGA 8812/1 (120)
      • Correspondence files TGA 8812/1/4 (21)
        • Correspondence file for Interned Refugees TGA 8812/1/4/182 (21)
          • Copy of a letter sent from Kenneth Clark to the artists at Hutchinson Internment Camp TGA 8812/1/4/182/12
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