The Miner

Item

Identifier

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Creator

Gurney, Ivor (1890-1937)

Abstract

Manuscript in pen in Marion Scott's hand. From the 'Hospital Pictures' series. A draft version exists in the black manuscript notebook 52.1. Ivor Gurney included a copy of the poem in letters of 24th November 1917 and 3rd January 1918 to Scott. The miner has been identified as Pte T Evans, discussed in a letter of 26th December 1917 to Scott. Included in 'War's Embers' (1919).

Date

1917 - 1918

Date Created

1917-01-01

Temporal Coverage

1918-12-31

Spatial Coverage

Source

Leaf

Medium

Paper

Format

Pen

Type

Poem

Contributor

Alisa Miller