Sir Cedric Morris, Bt, recipient: Arthur Lett-Haines

Letter from Cedric Morris to Arthur Lett-Haines

[21 August 1925]

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Created by: Sir Cedric Morris, Bt 1889–1982
Recipient: Arthur Lett-Haines 1894–1978
Title: Letter from Cedric Morris to Arthur Lett-Haines
Date: [21 August 1925]
Description: The letter concerns Morris' unhappiness, writing 'I am more than depressed. I am morbid [and] diseased [in] the mind.' The letter also mentions Roy [Martin] and Paul [Odo Cross].
Format: Document - correspondence
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: Presented to the Tate Archive by Ronald Blythe, one of Morris's executors, in 1983.
Reference: TGA 8317/1/4/40

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Archive context

Personal papers of Cedric Morris and Arthur Lett-Haines TGA 8317 (238)
- Correspondence to and from Cedric Morris TGA 8317/1 (238)
- - Correspondence between Cedric Morris and Arthur Lett-Haines TGA 8317/1/4 (238)
  - - Letter from Cedric Morris to Arthur Lett-Haines TGA 8317/1/4/40