Photograph, 4 August 1920.

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Photograph, 4 August 1920.

Portrait of Siegfried Sassoon taken by photographer Pirie MacDonald, Photographer of Men, New York. The photograph is inscribed: "To J.B. Pond with all good wishes from Siegfried Sassoon, New York, August 4th 1920." The photograph was taken during Sassoon's American tour and was acquired with the Len Weaver collection of Sassoon's published works.

1 black and white print 22.7 x 15 cm. affixed to board 34.5 x 24.5 cm.

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Sassoon, Siegfried, 1886-1967

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Poet and writer Siegfried Loraine Sassoon was born on 8 September 1886 at Weirleigh, near Matfield in Kent. His mother, Georgiana Theresa Thornycroft, was from a prominent family of sculptors and artists, while his father, Alfred Ezra Sassoon, came from a wealthy Jewish merchant family. His father left home when he was seven and died soon after, so Siegfried and his brothers, Michael and Hamo, were raised solely by their mother. Educated at Marlborough College (1902-4), Sassoon read law at Cl...

MacDonald, Pirie

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Pond, J.B.

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Weaver, Len.

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