Drawing by Stevie Smith for The Frog Prince

Ink drawing of a figure carrying a ball or small hoop, on plain paper, c. 18 cm x 4.5cm. Paper is cut from a larger sheet and is part of a letter dated [ ] November 1954. There are fragments of typescript and manuscript. On the back of the paper is an [unpublished] ink sketch of 6 faces. With second sheet containing notes relating to the publication of the drawing: the poem it relates to, and instructions to remove the writing which overlaps the drawing, in Stevie Smith's hand; the block / page number, reduction or enlargement, and notes on other instructions, in publisher's hand. The drawing was originally attached to this notepaper with a pin. Published in The Frog Prince, with the poem 'Hymn to the Seal' p49. When the drawing was published the typescript had been removed but not the manuscript. The drawing also appears on p 452 of the Collected poems of Stevie Smith, 1975.

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