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Title

Autograph postcard signed : [Repton, Derbyshire], to Elizabeth Mayer, [ca. 1950?].

Author

Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973.

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Additional Authors

• Auden, George Augustus, 1872-1957.
• Mayer, Elizabeth.

Description

1 ill.; 14 x 9 cm.

Summary

Wystan writes: "Just spending two days here. Father has a lovely little cosy house." Auden also refers to his imminent return to Ischia, where he summered from 1948 to 1957. George Augustus writes: "It has been a real delight to have W. with me here in the place where I spent my childhood & school days."

Subject

• Crypts > England > Pictorial works
• Repton (England) > Pictorial works

Note

• With a signed note beneath Wystan's from his father, George Augustus Auden, to Mayer.
• Postmark is from Repton, Derbyshire; postmark date illegible.
• Black-and-white photograph on postcard is of the crypt in St. Wystan's Church, Repton, the village where George Augustus Auden was educated and where he maintained a home. Printed on verso of postcard: "This is a real photograph."

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Call Number

Berg Coll m.b. Auden, WH A.l.s. to Mayer 1950

OCLC

793539574

Author

Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973.

Title

Autograph postcard signed : [Repton, Derbyshire], to Elizabeth Mayer, [ca. 1950?].

Access

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Place of Publication

England Derbyshire Repton.

Added Author

Auden, George Augustus, 1872-1957.

Mayer, Elizabeth. Addressee

Research Call Number

Berg Coll m.b. Auden, WH A.l.s. to Mayer 1950