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Papers and correspondence of John Nash

1591–1980

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The collection consists of correspondence on personal and business matters; artwork; writings; papers relating to sales, commissions, teaching and organisational matters; personal papers; photographs and printed material. The collection includes a significant amount of material relating to his wife, Christine Nash including correspondence, writings and artwork. The Carrington Papers within this collection were given to Nash's executors by Noel Carrington and are primarily correspondence from John, Paul and Christine Nash to Carrington. The Francis Unwin material was probably given to Christine Nash by his wife, Mary after his death in 1925.

Collection Owner
John Nash 1893–1977
Collection
Tate Archive
Acquisition
The collection was presented to the Archive by the executors of John Nash in 1989.
Reference
TGA 8910

96 objects in this collection

  • Papers and correspondence of John Nash

    96 Objects

    • Artwork

      42 Objects

    • Correspondence of Christine Nash

      54 Objects

      • Correspondence to Christine Nash

        54 Objects

Title
Correspondence to Christine Nash
Date
1915–77
Reference
TGA 8910/8/2

Showing 21–40 of 54 objects

Illustrated letter from John Nash to Christine Nash concerning his experiences in the army and mentioning [William] Marchant

John Nash, recipient: Christine Nash
[9 January 1917]

Illustrated letter from John Nash to Christine Nash about his work for the Friday Club, his work ‘The Viaduct’ c. 1916, and his works being sent to the U.S.A.

John Nash, recipient: Christine Nash
[29 January 1917]

Letter from John Nash to Christine Nash

John Nash, recipient: Christine Nash
[3 March 1917]

Letter from John Nash to Christine Nash about Roger Fry, the Friday Club, and Paul Nash

John Nash, recipient: Christine Nash
[3 April 1917]

Letter from John Nash to Christine Nash about Hamilton Hay and a reproduction of ‘The Viaduct’ c. 1916

John Nash, recipient: Christine Nash
[7 April 1917]

Letter from John Nash to Christine Nash about work for the London Group and a New English Art Club exhibition

John Nash, recipient: Christine Nash
[23 April 1917]

Illustrated letter from John Nash to Christine Nash about ‘The Viaduct’ c. 1916

John Nash, recipient: Christine Nash
[30 April 1917]

Letter from John Nash to Christine Nash about his bid for a commission and his work ‘in a cart track behind Sinodun leading toward Whittenham Clumps’

John Nash, recipient: Christine Nash
[3 May 1917]

Illustrated letter from John Nash to Christine Nash about Carrington and letter to Claughton Pellew, with illustration

John Nash, recipient: Christine Nash
[7 May 1917]

Letter from John Nash to Christine Nash about commissions, with an illustration of Nash and a French General

John Nash, recipient: Christine Nash
[14 May 1917]

Letter from John Nash to Christine Nash about his ‘comic men’, with an illustration of a landscape

John Nash, recipient: Christine Nash
[31 May 1917]

Letter from John Nash to Christine Nash about his experiences on the front line and his promotion to Lance Corporal

John Nash, recipient: Christine Nash
[c.June 1917]

Letter from John Nash to Christine Nash about Paul Nash being injured

John Nash, recipient: Christine Nash
[10 June 1917]

Letter from John Nash to Christine Nash concerning his move to the front line, his ‘comic men’, and Paul Nash

John Nash, recipient: Christine Nash
[15 June 1917]

Letter from John Nash to Christine Nash about his work as a platoon bombing instructor and Harold Gilman

John Nash, recipient: Christine Nash
[26 June 1917]

Letter from John Nash to Christine Nash

John Nash, recipient: Christine Nash
[28 July 1917]

Letter from John Nash to Christine Nash

John Nash, recipient: Christine Nash
[28 July 1917]

Letter from John Nash to Christine Nash about Paul Nash, with an illustration of John Nash

John Nash, recipient: Christine Nash
[6 August 1917]

Letter from John Nash to Christine Nash concerning his return from the front, his thoughts on the possibility of expectation of a commission, the sale of ‘Canal’, and Paul Nash

John Nash, recipient: Christine Nash
[23 August 1917]

Letter from John Nash to Christine Nash

John Nash, recipient: Christine Nash
[2 September 1917]
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