Postcard sent by Cecil Littlewood

Item

Title

Postcard sent by Cecil Littlewood

Identifier

9503.cpd

Creator

Littlewood, Cecil

Abstract

Re-used postcard bearing a hand-coloured photograph of a man in German uniform and a woman dressed as Marianne, the emblem of the French republic. Above the image is a poem in French by Paul Chagnoux, entitled "L'Impossible Amour". On the back are two messages: one in French in black ink, and a second in blue, sent by Cecil Littlewood to one of his children (possibly Vincent). Part of a collection relating to Cecil Littlewood from Bingley in West Yorkshire.

Date

Unknown

Source

Postcard

Medium

Card

Type

Postcard

number of pages

2

Contributor

Meriel Patrick
Meriel Patrick (Ferrens Art Gallery, Hull submissions day 31st May 2008)
Mr and Mrs Kennedy

Publisher

The Great War Archive, University of Oxford