'Mosquito', 1980-08-25

Item

Reference Code: GBR/1058/HUG/3/8

Scope and Contents

Broadside with a printed poem in black type with a printed drawing of a mosquito by Ted Hughes at the top, signed by Ted Hughes. Number 1/2. A manuscript inscription at the bottom gives the print to Roy Davids and is signed from Nicholas, Carol and Ted (each in their own hand). Printed by the Morrigu Press.

Dates

Publication: 1980-08-25

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

Photographs may not be taken of the Ted Hughes copyright material without the permission of the Estate. The Archivist can provide further information and contact details for permissions. The remainder of the collection may be photographed for private research, subject to UK copyright provisions. Those wishing to publish from the collection should seek advice from the Archivist prior to publication.

Biographical / Historical

In the early 1970s Olwyn Hughes (Ted Hughes's sister) bought a second hand Albion printing press, intending to use it to print her own Rainbow Press editions. Printing proved unexpectedly complicated and she gave the Press to her nephew, Nicholas Hughes. In 1979, Nicholas began to set and print the first publications of the Morrigu Press, which he ran from Court Green, North Tawton, Devon. Nicholas printed broadsides and pamphlets of his father's poems, all on hand-made paper, many illustrated by Ted Hughes. Over 20 Morrigu Press publications appeared in the 4 years to 1983. Leonard Baskin designed a logo for the press featuring a three-legged crow (‘Morrigu’ is an Irish goddess who sometimes took the form of this bird).

Extent

1 sheet(s)

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Roy Davids Collection.

Related Materials

See GBR/1058/HUG/3/7, 9, 10, 12 for further Morrigu Press materials. See GBR/1058/1/3, 1/4, 1/6, 3/7, 3/9, 3/12, 3/13, 3/15, 3/16 for further material relating to Roy Davids.