TERRY, LIONEL
Manuscript Poems [7x]
Written on small cards while incarcerated in Seacliff Mental Asylum & titled 'The Wowser's Other Cheek'; 'The Super-Instinct. As a man sows so shall he reap'; - The Traitors Bargain'; 'Peace! in the Grave'; 'The Meaning of Hell'; 'The Honest Man'; The Superman to His Slanderers'; all signed Lionel Terry and approx 120 x 105mm.
Lionel Terry was a young Englishman who wanted to draw attention to his antisemitic and racist views on alien immigration, his obsession drove him to murder, and condemned him to nearly half a century in mental hospitals. During his time in Seacliff he was allowed access to writing materials and he spent his time writing racist poetry. He died in 1952.

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