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Call Number:

PH-10234

Collection Name:

Cecil Day Lewis Literary File Photography Collection

Creator:

Day Lewis, C. (Cecil) (1904 - 1972)

Glass, Douglas (1901 - 1978)

No. of Items:

1 photograph

Span Dates:

circa 1960

Description:

The collection consists of one portrait of Cecil Day Lewis (Anglo-Irish, 1904-1972), Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1968 to 1972. Item-level information follows.

2002:0067:0001 -- Glass, Douglas (British, 1901-1978). C. Day Lewis, circa 1960. Gelatin silver print on board, 19.9 x 15.1 cm. The photograph came from The Sunday Times Portrait Gallery. The mount is inscribed: "C. Day Lewis".

This collection forms a part of the Literary Files Photography Collection is comprised of photographs and albums withdrawn from the libraries and/or papers of literary figures, and generally includes portraits and images by, collected by, of, and/or related to those entities.

Accession No(s):

2002:0067:0001; Purchase, 2002 (R 14901)

Location(s):

Day-Lewis, C., Lit File (2002:0067:0001)
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Item(s):
Artist/Maker Glass, Douglas (1901 - 1978)
Title [C. Day Lewis]
Date circa 1960
Medium Gelatin silver print on board
Dimensions 19.9 x 15.1 cm; 7 4/5 x 5 9/10 in
Accession
Number		 2002:0067:0001