Letter to Mercia Oakley, 1912 March 15
- Call Number:
- MSS 24
- Holdings:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
- Title(s):
- Letter to Mercia Oakley
- Date:
- 1912 March 15
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Series:
- Letters
- Part of Collection:
- Nash 31
- Provenance:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Conditions Governing Access:
- The materials are open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use:
- Copyright UndeterminedThe collection is the physical property of the Yale Center for British Art. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Archives Department.
- Scope and Content:
- Written from Iver Heath. Discusses various matters. Nash has been unlucky in love, writing that he "broke his dream" because he has "been in love with an idea." Includes envelope with drawing of "Aunt Sam?". People mentioned: Lavengro (Rupert Lee) and an unnamed girl.
- Physical Description:
- 2 pages (1 leaf) : autograph letter, signed : 25 x 20 cm
- Genre:
- Pen and ink drawings, Humorous pictures, Letters, Photographs, and Poems
- Subject Terms:
- Bookplate designersBookplatesLandscape paintersPaintersPaintingPainting, BritishWorld War, 1914-1918
- Subject Period:
- 20th Century
- Associated Places:
- Great Britain
- Associated People/Groups:
- Lee, Rupert, 1887-1959
- Finding Aid Title:
- Paul Nash Letters to Mercia Oakley
- Collection PDF:
- https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/30.pdf
- Archival Object:
- https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/2185200
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2185200?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1