Sir Jacob Epstein, recipient: Peggy Jean Lewis

Letter from Jacob Epstein to Peggy Jean

Created by: Sir Jacob Epstein 1880–1959
Recipient: Peggy Jean Lewis 1918–2010
Title: Letter from Jacob Epstein to Peggy Jean
Date: 09 February [1949]
Description: The letter discusses working on a head of Ralph Vaughan Williams and mentions Barbara Hepworth. The letter also mentions his works 'Princess Desta' (1948-9), 'George Prinz' (1948), 'Princess Menen' (1948-9) and 'Second Portrait of Pandit Nehru (bust)' (1949).
Format: Document - correspondence
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: Purchased for the Tate Archive from Peggy Jean Lewis in two batches, sixty letters in 1987 and the photographs and three letters in 1989.
Reference: TGA 8716/16

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