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Call Number:
MSS 24
Holdings:
[Request]
Title(s):
Letter to Mercia Oakley
Date:
between 1914 and 1918
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Letters
Part of Collection:
Nash 50
Provenance:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Conditions Governing Access:
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use:
Copyright Undetermined

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 Denham. Nash hopes to see Oakley soon and adds that he has taken a commission and is stationed at Denham. He inquires after her honeymoon and expresses his hopes of becoming an officer, although he does not like war and feels he will never be a real soldier.
Physical Description:
3 pages (1 leaf) : autograph letter, signed : 20 x 13 cm
Genre:
Humorous pictures, Pen and ink drawings, 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
Collection PDF:
https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/30.pdf
Archival Object:
https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/2185219
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2185219?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1