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Paul Nash, recipient: Edward Burra

‘Letter for Ed’ from Paul Nash, with attached images

[c.December 1943]

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Paul Nash 1889–1946
Recipient
Edward Burra 1905–1976
Date
[1944]
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Created by
Paul Nash 1889–1946
Recipient
Edward Burra 1905–1976
Title
‘Letter for Ed’ from Paul Nash, with attached images
Date
[c.December 1943]
Description
The letter includes a photograph of [George] Cruikshank's 'Tom O'Shanter', an illustration of the Great Exhibition and an image of an armadillo, a fox and a statue.
Format
Document - correspondence
Collection
Tate Archive
Acquisition
Presented to the Archive by Lady Ann Ritchie in February 1977.
Reference
TGA 771/5/3
British Surrealism Neo-Romanticism Surrealism British War Art Bloomsbury Group

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  • Papers of Edward Burra TGA 771 (3)
    • Material relating to or by Paul Nash, collected by Edward Burra TGA 771/5 (3)
      • ‘Letter for Ed’ from Paul Nash, with attached images TGA 771/5/3
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