52273: Dead Man's Dump

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posted on 2024-05-02, 18:52 authored by First World War Poetry Digital Archive Project Team

Pencil draft, numbered '2' by Isaac Rosenberg. Contains 4 unused lines, 20-25, one unused line, 26-29. The corrections in red crayon and pencil are by Gordon Bottomley. Isaac Rosenberg 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.

History

Identifier

1498.jpg | IRIWM_1_256.jpg

Subject

Home Front | Munitions | Women

Creator

Rosenberg, Isaac (1890-1918)

Date

January - May 1917

Date Created

01/01/1917

Temporal Date

14/05/1917

Spatial

France

Source

Leaf

Medium

Paper

Format

Pencil

Type

Poem

Contributor

Alisa Miller

Rights

The Imperial War Museum / The Isaac Rosenberg Literary Estate

Collection ID

IR/I/256

Repository Name

Imperial War Museum, Department of Documents

Repository Address

Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road, London, SE1 6HZ, UK

Publisher

The First World War Poetry Digital Archive

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Keywords

First World War Poetry Digital Archive World War One Poems Home Front Munitions Women

Licence

CC BY-NC-SA 4.0