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- Paul Nash 1889–1946
- Recipient
- Margaret Nash 1887–1960
- Title
- Letter from Paul Nash to Margaret Nash written from France while on commission to make drawings at the Front as a war artist
- Date
- 13 November 1917
- Format
- Document - correspondence
- Collection
- Tate Archive
- Acquisition
- Gift of Anstice Shaw, September 1983.
- Reference
- TGA 8313/1/1/162
Description
Written from France while on commission to make drawings at the Front as a war artist, describing his experiences and his work there. Includes account of visiting John 'Jack' [Nash] and his famous credo 'I am a messenger who will bring back word from men fighting to those who want the war to last for ever. Feeble, inarticulate will be my message, but it will have a bitter truth and may it burn their lousy souls'. He asks for news of pictures in general, especially Jack's 'Danae'; illustrated with a sketch of an officer. Includes envelope.
Archive context
- Letters and papers of Paul Nash TGA 8313 (183)
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- Correspondence TGA 8313/1 (183)