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Letter to Mercia Oakley, 1910

 Item — Nash 11
Call Number: MSS 24
Scope and Contents:

Written from Iver Heath. Nash comforts Oakley about her friend who "did back-street things" and assures her that it was not her fault. Nash writes that he is trying to earn the money necessary to go to the Slade School in October. He adds that he makes "bookplates for money & studies for his salvation".

Dates: 1910
Found in: Yale Center for British Art, Rare Books and Manuscripts > Paul Nash Letters to Mercia Oakley > Letters

Letter to Mercia Oakley, 1910 October 6

 Item — Nash 12
Call Number: MSS 24
Scope and Contents:

Written from Iver Heath. Black bordered. Concerns the material in Oakley's last letter. Nash adds that he begins work at the Slade School on Wednesday. Includes two sketches, the first entitled "Injured Innocence (in no sense)" and the second with the caption "Arise, fair maiden from these penitent genuflections" (reproduced in Dear Mercia, pages 33 and 34).

Dates: 1910 October 6
Found in: Yale Center for British Art, Rare Books and Manuscripts > Paul Nash Letters to Mercia Oakley > Letters

Paul Nash Letters to Mercia Oakley

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Call Number: MSS 24
Abstract:

This collection comprises letters from Paul Nash to Mercia Oakley, written from 1909 to 1918.

Dates: 1909-1951, bulk 1909-1912
Found in: Yale Center for British Art, Rare Books and Manuscripts > Paul Nash Letters to Mercia Oakley