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Title

Autograph letter signed : Tidmarsh, to Duncan Grant, 1918 May 19.

Author

Strachey, Lytton, 1880-1932.

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Details

Additional Authors

Grant, Duncan, 1885-1978.

Description

1; 23 cm. +

Summary

Strachey expresses his unease with the news that Grant may decide to accept a government position as an "official painter" because Grant would be jeopardizing his status as a concientious objector. Lord Beaverbrook, who had recently been appointed Britain's first Minister of Information, was sympathetic to Grant, which is why he offered him the position, but Strachey worries that if Beaverbrook were to leave office, Grant might lose his C.O. status on the grounds that he had shown himself willing to aid the war effort as a creator of propaganda art. In any case, Strachey finds Beaverbrook untrustworthy, and the practical considerations aside, he implies that Grant would be compromising his consistent refusal to aid the war effort.

Subjects

• World War, 1914-1918 > Art and the war
• Beaverbrook, Max Aitken, Baron, 1879-1964
• Bloomsbury group > Sources
• Grant, Duncan, 1885-1978
• World War, 1914-1918 > Conscientious objectors > Great Britain

Note

• On stationery with "The Mill House / Tidmarsh / Pangbourne" printed at the top of the page; envelope with cancelled postage addressed to Duncan Grant at "Charleston, Firle, Sussex." Strachey resided at The Mill House from late 1917 until July 1924.

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Call Number

Berg Coll m.b. Strachey, L A.l.s. to Grant, D 1918

OCLC

757546113

Author

Strachey, Lytton, 1880-1932.

Title

Autograph letter signed : Tidmarsh, to Duncan Grant, 1918 May 19.

Access

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Place of Publication

England West Berkshire Tidmarsh.

Added Author

Grant, Duncan, 1885-1978. Addressee

Research Call Number

Berg Coll m.b. Strachey, L A.l.s. to Grant, D 1918