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Ewan Phillips

Draft letter from Ewan Phillips to Jack Sewell

21 March 1939

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Ewan Phillips
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21 March 1939
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Title
Draft letter from Ewan Phillips to Jack Sewell
Date
21 March 1939
Description
Draft letter with Tate Gallery letterhead (apparently never sent, as the unstamped envelope is still present) to Jack Sewell of the 'Daily Telegraph' contesting his claim that 'the Duke of Alba's Palace was destroyed by the Republicans' [in the Spanish Civil War] as opposed to 'bombs from Franco's aviation'.
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Document - correspondence
Collection
Tate Archive
Acquisition
Presented to Tate Archive by the executors of Ewan Phillips, 1996.
Reference
TGA 9610/1/3/42

Archive context

  • Personal papers of Ewan Phillips TGA 9610 (237)
    • Correspondence TGA 9610/1 (46)
      • AIA and related correspondence TGA 9610/1/3 (20)
        • Draft letter from Ewan Phillips to Jack Sewell TGA 9610/1/3/42
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