Handwritten letter signed. James Sutton to Philip Larkin, writing from the army, Italy.
- Reference No:
- U DP182/1/39
- Dates:
- 6 Aug 1944
- Description:
- Discusses their friendship and how they should stick together; Tom [Fletcher] Wilson (childhood friend) going missing and becoming a prisoner-of-war in Germany; playing the card game Chase the Lady; art being close to religion; and the painters (Vincent Van Gogh; Paul Nash; Henry Moore; Duncan Grant and Graham Sutherland). Refers to Catherine (Kitty) Larkin getting married; 'Jill' (Larkin); and Homer Lane and Herbert Read. 10pp. Contains six ills, four revolving around the theme of killing army cooks, one entitled 'Portrait of the artist as a self preservationist' showing Larkin avoiding bombs, and a diagram of when Sutton and Larkin's 'life tracks' will join again.
- 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
