Joseph Lee - War Poet & Artist
Tower Foyer & Lamb Gallery
11 November - 22 December 2005
This exhibition, drawn from the University's archive and museum collections, reveals the extraordinary life and career of Sergeant Joe Lee, the Dundee journalist who became famous as the 'Black Watch Poet', illustrating his own books with evocative drawings from the First World War.
Featuring unique sketches, diaries and letters, the exhibition covers the whole of Lee's lengthy career - as writer, artist and soldier.
Detail from a sketch of Karlsruhe prison camp, 1918
The booklet published to accompany the exhibition is now out of print, but a photocopy is available for 2 pounds including post & packing. Please make cheques payable to University of Dundee and send to:
Museum Services
University of Dundee
Dundee
DD1 4HN
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