Handwritten letter signed. James Sutton to Philip Larkin, writing from the army, Italy.

Reference No:
U DP182/1/47
Dates:
30 Mar 1946
Description:
Discusses wanting to paint with reference to Gauguin, Picasso, Matisse and Toulouse Lautrec. Refers to UNO (United Nations Organisation); 'The Razor's Edge' by Somerset Maugham; 'Lady Chatterley's Lover' (D. H. Lawrence); De Quincey's 'Reminiscences of the Lake Poets'; Goethe's 'Faust'; Edmond de Goncourt; 'A Sentimental Journey' (?'A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy', Laurence Sterne); (Robbie) Burns' 'Letters addressed to Clarinda'; (?Charles) Darwin; Naomi Jacob; Ethel ?Maumin; E. M. Forster; ? Kesseling; and Paul Klee (painter). Hopes Larkin was not disappointed in him last September (1945). 10pp
Format:
Archive Item
Extent:
1 item
Language:
Access Conditions:
Access will be granted to any accredited reader
Repository:
Hull University Archives
Collection:
Letters from James Ballard Sutton to Philip Arthur Larkin