This exhibition is in the past. View our current exhibitions.
TED HUGHES (1930-98)
Original holograph draft of 'The Dream of the Lion'
1987RCIN 1162818
The Dream of the Lion was written in 1985 to mark The Queen Mother’s 85th birthday. These sheets are the original holograph draft of the poem, which were presented to The Queen Mother by Hughes in 1987, two years after he had written it.
Presented to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother by Ted Hughes, 1987
