Item 33 - Postcard from Ludwig Wittgenstein to Gilbert Pattisson

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Add. MS a/746/33

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Postcard from Ludwig Wittgenstein to Gilbert Pattisson

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  • 8 Jul. [?] 1937 [postmark] (Creation)

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1 postcard.

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Pattisson, Gilbert Richard (1908-1994), accountant
(1908-1994)

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Trinity College Library, Cambridge

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Sent from 3 Colleton Crescent, Exeter [home of Con Drury, who also signs the card]. - Postcard shows wood-carving of a female centaur holding a bow [a misericord from Exeter Cathedral]. Wittgenstein describes this as 'An ancient representation of myself as god of love'. Will arrive in London the following Friday.

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