Poems, Frances Cornford, E E Cummings and Leo Bestall
Maker
Cornford, Frances
Cummings, E E
Bestall (MBE) Leonard Delabere
Object detail
Brief Description
Handwritten copies of poems by Frances Cornford, E E Cummings and Leo Bestall circa World War II.
Documents include four poems and one sketch which were filed with Leo Bestall's World War Two documents and miscellany.
a) Frances Cornford's poem entitled: To a Lady Seen From a Train.
b) Untitled typed poem with the initials A R G inscribed onto it.
c) An untitled poem by Leo Bestall. On the reverse are scribbled notes in French.
d) E E Cumming's poem entitled: Nobody loses all the time.
e) Sketch is what appears to be a sail attached to a pair of skis.
Documents include four poems and one sketch which were filed with Leo Bestall's World War Two documents and miscellany.
a) Frances Cornford's poem entitled: To a Lady Seen From a Train.
b) Untitled typed poem with the initials A R G inscribed onto it.
c) An untitled poem by Leo Bestall. On the reverse are scribbled notes in French.
d) E E Cumming's poem entitled: Nobody loses all the time.
e) Sketch is what appears to be a sail attached to a pair of skis.
Collection
Production place
Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Handwritten, typed and drawn ink and pencil on paper and card.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 130 x 180mm
Height x Width: 120 x 190mm
Height x Width: 184 x 205mm
Height x Width: 230 x 178mm
Height x Width: 200 x 255mm
Height x Width: 120 x 190mm
Height x Width: 184 x 205mm
Height x Width: 230 x 178mm
Height x Width: 200 x 255mm
Signature/Inscription
From Adeeb Shammesr C M S Hospital Old Cairo., Inscription, Handwritten
Classification terms
Subject period
Subject date
1939-1945
Credit line
from the Leo Bestall Collection
Other number(s)
37362
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