Stanley Spencer letter

Scope and Content

Address: 3 Vale Hotel Studios, Hampstead, London NW3. To Thomas Sturge Moore. 'Here at last is the monograph of my works ... The much wanted or unwanted explanation of my pictures will be found in the book of words, so there will be no more trouble now, all is clear at last ... I am doing a big picture of the resurrection ... (18ft x 9ft) & it is going to take years to paint & I love painting it so I am enjoying myself ...'.
Autograph, with signature.

Arrangement

See hard copy catalogue.

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This document is inserted in R H Wilenski 'Stanley Spencer' (1924) (presentation copy to Mr and Mrs Sturge Moore) - Library classmark *Y4c [Spencer-Wilenski]. To request the document, please place an order for the volume, specifying that you wish to see the autograph letter AL257.

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Typescript catalogue available in the Library's Special Collections Reading Room.