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52511: 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

Second Typescript on pink paper with corrections by Isaac Rosenberg in ink. 'from Mrs. Cohen' written in ink in the top right corner. First page contains title, lines 1-19, four unused lines, 20-25, one unused line, 26-38. Possible word mistakes may be the result of dictation to a typist. 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. |

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Second Typescript on pink paper with corrections by Isaac Rosenberg in ink. 'from Mrs. Cohen' written in ink in the top right corner. First page contains title, lines 1-19, four unused lines, 20-25, one unused line, 26-38. Possible word mistakes may be the result of dictation to a typist. 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.
Second page of typed manuscript, inscribed in ink 'from Mrs. Cohen', on pink paper corrected in ink by Isaac Rosenberg. Contains lines 48-79. Possible word mistakes may be the result of dictation to a typist; Isaac Rosenberg has corrected these in ink. 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.

History

Identifier

1715.cpd | 1501.jpg | IRIWM_1_259.jpg 1502.jpg | IRIWM_1_260.jpg

Creator

Rosenberg, Isaac (1890-1918)

Date

January - May 1917

Date Created

01/01/1917

Temporal Date

31/05/1917 | 14/05/1917 14/01/1917

Spatial

France

Source

Folio | Leaf

Medium

Paper

Format

Pen | Typescript

Type

Poem | Poem

Pages

1, 2

Number of Pages

2

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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