Dead Man's Dump
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| Author | Rosenberg, Isaac (1890-1918) |
|---|---|
| Title | Dead Man's Dump |
| Notes | Backside of pencil draft of unfinished poem 'The Young Dead', later incorporated into 'Dead Man's Dump'. Line 1 on this page becomes line 24 of 'Dead Man's Dump'. Lines 1-23 of this poem on frontside of this paper, which was torn prior to use by Isaac Rosenberg. He was transferred to the 40th Division Works Battalion in January 1917, meaning that part of his responsibility was taking wire up to the line at night. |
| Item Date | 1916 - 1917 |
| Creation place | France |
| File type | Image |
| Item source | Leaf |
| Item medium | Paper |
| Writing medium | Pencil |
| Content | Poem |
| Item height | 160 |
| Item width | 130 |
| Page | 2 of 2 |
| Collection ID | IR/I/255b |
| Repository name | Imperial War Museum, Department of Documents |
| Repository address | Imperial War Museum Lambeth Road London SE1 6HZ UK |
| Repository URL | http://www.iwm.org.uk/ |
| Cataloguer | Alisa Miller |
| Filename | IRIWM_1_255_2.jpg |
| Copyright | The Imperial War Museum/The Isaac Rosenberg Literary Estate |
| Digital repository | The First World War Poetry Digital Archive |
| Reference URL | http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/document/1704/1488 |
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| Author | Rosenberg, Isaac (1890-1918) |
|---|---|
| Title | Dead Man's Dump |
| Notes | Pencil draft with one pencil alteration of incomplete poem entitled 'The Young Dead', later incorporated into 'Dad Man's Dump' as lines 14-19, followed by four unused lines, then lines 20-24, remainder unused. Paper torn prior to use by Isaac Rosenberg, who was transferred to the 40th Division Works Battalion in January 1917, meaning that part of his responsibility became taking wire up to the line at night. |
| Item Date | 1916 - 1917 |
| Creation place | France |
| File type | Compound Object |
| Item source | Folio |
| Item medium | Paper |
| Writing medium | Pencil |
| Content | Poem |
| Item height | 160 |
| Item width | 130 |
| Repository name | Imperial War Museum, Department of Documents |
| Repository address | Imperial War Museum Lambeth Road London SE1 6HZ UK |
| Repository URL | http://www.iwm.org.uk/ |
| Cataloguer | Alisa Miller |
| Copyright | The Imperial War Museum/The Isaac Rosenberg Literary Estate |
| Digital repository | The First World War Poetry Digital Archive |
| Reference URL | http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/document/1704 |
