Fifty Poems
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| Author | Sassoon, Siegfried (1886-1967) |
|---|---|
| Title | Memory |
| Notes | Manuscript in ink in Siegfried Sassoon's hand. This is a clean draft without corrections. Included in a collection of manuscript drafts of fifty of Siegfried Sassoon's poems. In a note at the back of the volume dated 20th December 1924 Sassoon writes that the blank pages are the rest of my life'. He adds that I made this manuscript when considering my choice for Selected Poems', 1925'. At a later date he adds that numerous redundant pages were removed when the book was rebound in 1953'. A digitally photographed facsimile of the volume was included in the Imperial War Museum's War Poets' exhibition in London in 2003. This poem was also published in 'Picture-Show' (1919). |
| Item Date | 1919 |
| Creation place | Unknown |
| File type | Image |
| Item source | Folio |
| Item medium | Paper |
| Writing medium | Pen |
| Content | Poem |
| Page | 34 of 36 |
| Collection ID | MS 6-1955.51 |
| Repository name | The Fitzwilliam Museum |
| Repository address | Department of Manuscripts and Printed Books Trumpington Street Cambridge CB2 1RB UK |
| Repository URL | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/msspb/ |
| Cataloguer | Alisa Miller |
| Filename | SSCAMFW_MS_6-1955.51.jpg |
| Copyright | The Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge / The Siegfried Sassoon Literary Estate |
| Reference URL | http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/document/9854/9600 |
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| Author | Sassoon, Siegfried (1886-1967) |
|---|---|
| Title | Fifty Poems |
| Notes | Digitally photographed facsimile produced by the Imperial War Museum for the War Poets Exhibition, 2003. Autograph notes at back include The blank pages are the rest of my life SS Dec 20th 1924 and The numerous redundant pages were removed when the book was rebound in 1953. And I made this manuscript when considering my choice for Selected Poems, 1925, which contains 19 others, SS. |
| Item Date | 1915 to 1924 |
| Creation place | Unknown |
| File type | Image |
| Item source | Folio |
| Item medium | Paper |
| Collection ID | MS 6-1955 |
| Repository name | The Fitzwilliam Museum |
| Repository address | Department of Manuscripts and Printed Books Trumpington Street Cambridge CB2 1RB UK |
| Repository URL | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/msspb/ |
| Cataloguer | Alisa Miller |
| Copyright | The Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambride / The Siegfried Sassoon Literary Estate |
| Reference URL | http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/document/9854 |
