Identity area
Reference code
Beaton/A/A1/156
Unique identifier
GB 275 Beaton/A/A1/156
Title
Jill Angela Henriette Balcon. Autograph letter signed to Beaton, from Greenwich.
Date(s)
- 21 June 1972 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1p Manuscript paper
Context area
Name of creator
Name of creator
(1925-2009)
Biographical history
2nd wife of Cecil Day-Lewis.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Letter concerning death of Cecil Day-Lewis. It was good of Beaton to write. He knows exactly how she is feeling, 'lost and tormented'. There was no one in the world more lovable and he was 'so exquisitely amusing'. At the end he was heroic. Has been trying to keep a target of twenty-five letters a day and failing. Her children are as shattered as she is.