68566: The Tombstone-Maker

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posted on 2024-04-24, 14:21 authored by First World War Poetry Digital Archive Project Team

Manuscript of poem in ink with corrections in Siegfried Sassoon's hand, signed by Siegfried Sassoon. Published in 'The Old Huntsman' (1917). The poem was rejected as 'too strong' by J. C. Squire at the 'New Statesman'.

History

Identifier

9622.jpg | SSCUL17_Add.7973_S_77a.jpg

Creator

Sassoon, Siegfried (1886-1967)

Date

Oct-16

Date Created

31/10/1912

Temporal Date

29/11/1912

Spatial

London

Source

Leaf

Medium

Paper

Format

Pen

Type

Poem

Contributor

Alisa Miller

Rights

Cambridge University Library / The Siegfried Sassoon Literary Estate

Collection ID

MS Add. 7973/S/77a

Repository Name

Cambridge University Library

Repository Address

Department of Manuscripts, West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DR, UK