66071: The Miner

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posted on 2024-04-18, 18:22 authored by First World War Poetry Digital Archive Project Team

<p dir="ltr">Manuscript in pen in Marion Scott's hand. From the 'Hospital Pictures' series. A draft version exists in the black manuscript notebook 52.1. Ivor Gurney included a copy of the poem in letters of 24th November 1917 and 3rd January 1918 to Scott. The miner has been identified as Pte T Evans, discussed in a letter of 26th December 1917 to Scott. Included in 'War's Embers' (1919).</p>

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Identifier

7127.jpg | IG-64-11-50.jpg

Creator

Gurney, Ivor (1890-1937)

Date

1917 - 1918

Date Created

01/01/1917

Temporal Date

31/12/1918

Spatial

Unknown

Source

Leaf

Medium

Paper

Format

Pen

Type

Poem

Contributor

Alisa Miller

Rights

The Ivor Gurney Archive, Gloucestershire Archives / The Ivor Gurney Estate

Collection ID

Papers of Ivor Gurney 64.11.50

Repository Name

The Ivor Gurney Archive

Repository Address

Gloucestershire Archives, Clarence Row, Alvin Street, Gloucester, GL1 3DW, UK