University of Oxford
Browse

65879: Letter: To Siegfried Sassoon

online resource
posted on 2024-04-05, 18:38 authored by First World War Poetry Digital Archive Project Team

With sketches of death masks, graves, obelisks, etc.. Discusses Siegfried Sassoon's recent wound and his presence in England / potential for Robert Graves to be released in a fortnight to recover at Harlech / invitation for Sassoon to join him there / continued jokes about his 'death' / his growing appreciation for Charles Sorley / his own potential for a Military Cross or a Victoria Cross, like Sassoon / the fates of the first and second battalions of the Royal Welch Fusiliers. |

File description(s):

With sketches of death masks, graves, obelisks, etc." Discusses Siegfried Sassoon's recent wound and his presence in England / potential for Robert Graves to be released in a fortnight to recover at Harlech / invitation for Sassoon to join him there / continued jokes about his 'death' / his growing appreciation for Charles Sorley / his own potential for a Military Cross or a Victoria Cross, like Sassoon / the fates of the first and second battalions of the Royal Welch Fusiliers.

History

Identifier

5529.cpd | 2517.jpg | RGNYPLBERG1096u.jpg 2518.jpg | RGNYPLBERG1097u.jpg 2519.jpg | RGNYPLBERG1098u.jpg 2520.jpg | RGNYPLBERG1099u.jpg 2521.jpg | RGNYPLBERG1100u.jpg 2522.jpg | RGNYPLBERG1101u.jpg

Creator

Graves, Robert (1895-1985)

Date

7th August 1916

Date Created

07/08/1916

Temporal Date

31/08/1916

Spatial

Highgate, London, England

Source

Leaf

Medium

Paper

Format

Pencil

Type

Letter | Letter

Pages

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Number of Pages

6

Contributor

Alisa Miller

Rights

The Berg Collection, New York Public Library / The Robert Graves Copyright Trust

Collection ID

The Berg Collection

Repository Name

New York Public Library

Repository Address

Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, New York, USA

Publisher

The First World War Poetry Digital Archive

Usage metrics

    The Robert Graves Collection

    Exports

    RefWorks
    BibTeX
    Ref. manager
    Endnote
    DataCite
    NLM
    DC