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Call Number:
MSS 24
Title(s):
Letter to Mercia Oakley
Date:
1910
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Letters
Part of Collection:
Nash 8
Provenance:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Conditions Governing Access:
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use:
The collection is the physical property of the Yale Center for British Art. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Archives Department.
Scope and Content:
Written from Iver Heath. Black bordered. Written in black and orange ink. Nash thanks Oakley for being angry on his behalf. Includes a sketch of Nash on one knee kissing Oakley's fingertips and another depicting Oakley pulling Nash's leg (reproduced in <title>Dear Mercia</title>, pages 28-29).
Physical Description:
4 pages (1 leaf) : autograph letter, signed : 18 x 23 cm
Genre:
Pen and ink drawings, Humorous pictures, Letters, Photographs, and Poems
Subject Terms:
Bookplate designers
Bookplates
Landscape painters
Painters
Painting
Painting, British
World War, 1914-1918
Subject Period:
20th Century
Associated Places:
Great Britain
Associated People/Groups:
Nash, Paul, 1889-1946
Oakley, Mercia
Finding Aid Title:
Paul Nash Letters to Mercia Oakley
Archival Object:
https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/2185176
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2185176?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1