Handwritten letter signed. James Sutton to Philip Larkin, writing from the army, Surrey.
- Reference No:
- U DP182/1/10
- Dates:
- mid-1941
- Description:
- Discusses army life. Refers to what he calls the failure of photography as an art; 'Second Chorus' (film) with Fred Astaire, (?)Art Shaw and Paulette Goddard; 'Road to Frisco' (film) with George Raft and Ida Lupino; W. H. Auden; Vincent Van Gogh; the New Testament, which he quotes from; John Keats; John Layard; and Thea Hunt (friend from Slade art college). 25pp. Written in the Summer. Contains ill(s) of Sutton lying on his bed and walking to the toilet; and four heads (with a note in pencil on the page saying "top drawings by P[hilip] A[rthur] L[arkin]").
- Format:
- Archive Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Language:
- Access Conditions:
- Access will be granted to any accredited reader
- Repository:
- Hull University Archives
- Collection:
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Letters from James Ballard Sutton to Philip Arthur Larkin
