This long poem is written in pen in Ivor Gurney's hand, in a notebook headed 'Poems to Old New England of Ivor Gurney', and is dedicated 'To Staten Island / in the name of Alan Seeger / Walt Whitman / Leo Count Tolstoy', with an explanatory note regarding each of these figures. These poems were written while Gurney was a patient at Stone House, Dartford, Kent, otherwise known as the City of London Mental Hospital.
Identifier
7519.cpd |
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Gurney, Ivor (1890-1937)Date
23rd April 1925Date Created
23/04/1925Spatial
Dartford, EnglandSource
NotebookMedium
PaperFormat
PenType
Poem |
PoemPages
1, 2, 4, 6Number of Pages
13Contributor
Alisa MillerRights
The Ivor Gurney Archive, Gloucestershire Archives / The Ivor Gurney EstateCollection ID
Papers of Ivor Gurney 4.151r | Papers of Ivor Gurney 4.151v-152r | Papers of Ivor Gurney 4.152v-153r | Papers of Ivor Gurney 4.153v-154rRepository Name
The Ivor Gurney ArchiveRepository Address
Gloucestershire Archives, Clarence Row, Alvin Street, Gloucester, GL1 3DW, UK
