John H. Evans Library Digital Collections

Edmund and Louise Skellings Visit England and France in 1994

Title

Edmund and Louise Skellings Visit England and France in 1994

Type

still image

Subject

Photographs | England | France

Creator

Skellings, Louise

Date

1994-07

Format

pdf

Item

Ed and Louise Trip to England and France.pdf

Description

Photographs documenting a trip in which Edmund Skellings and his wife Louise sailed on the QE2 to England and flew back to the United States on the Concord. This trip inspired Skellings to write "Vincent Vincent" and "Giverny". Both poems can be seen in Word Songs. In addition, Skellings talks about how he came to write the poem about Van Gogh in a video lecture.

Citation

Skellings, Louise, “Edmund and Louise Skellings Visit England and France in 1994,” John H. Evans Library Digital Collections, accessed November 26, 2024, https://digcollections.lib.fit.edu/items/show/3450.