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Letter: To Gordon Bottomley / Girl to Soldier on Leave

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AuthorRosenberg, Isaac (1890-1918)
TitleGirl to Soldier on Leave
NotesPencil draft of poem that later becomes 'Girl to Soldier on Leave'. Included with letter to Gordon Bottomley. Describes having been taken ill and sent to hospital, hence having more leisure to write / discusses various poems from Gordon Bottomley's 'Chambers of Imagery' / mentions a previous letter and hope that Bottomley's health is good / has not received a photograph from Bottomley but hopes to / desires one day to sketch Bottomley / hopes that he will have time to begin 'The Unicorn'.
Item DateOctober 1917
Creation placeFrance
File typeImage
Item sourceLeaf
Item mediumPaper
Writing mediumPencil
ContentPoem within letter
Page3 of 3
Collection IDLoan 103/77: Rosenberg Letters I512 E
Repository nameThe British Library
Repository address
Manuscript Collections
96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB
UK
Repository URLhttp://www.bl.uk/
CataloguerAlisa Miller
FilenameIRBL103-c13323-51.jpg
CopyrightThe British Library / The Laurence Binyon Literary Estate / The Gordon Bottomley Literary Estate
Digital repositoryThe First World War Poetry Digital Archive
Reference URLhttp://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/document/5137/4350

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AuthorRosenberg, Isaac (1890-1918)
TitleLetter: To Gordon Bottomley / Girl to Soldier on Leave
Item DateOctober 1917
Creation placeFrance
File typeCompound Object
Item sourceFolio
Item mediumPaper
Writing mediumPencil
ContentLetter
Collection IDLoan 103/77: Rosenberg Letters I512 E
Repository nameThe British Library
Repository address
Manuscript Collections
96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB
UK
Repository URLhttp://www.bl.uk/
CataloguerAlisa Miller
CopyrightThe British Library / The Laurence Binyon Literary Estate / The Gordon Bottomley Literary Estate
Digital repositoryThe First World War Poetry Digital Archive
Reference URLhttp://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/document/5137