Printed cards and postcards addressed to Meriel Forbes, as "Mamma", from her son, Charles Richardson. These cards mostly convey good wishes for Meriel's birthday and to mark annual festivals, like Easter and Christmas, although the cards themselves are generally undated. Charles' messages are u...
Letters of condolence on the death of Charles Richardson
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Letters and cards to Meriel Forbes conveying condolences on the death of Charles Richardson in Sep 1998. This folder contains: a copy of The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin by Beatrix Potter with a handwritten dedication to Meriel from Charles, dated 13 Sep 1995 a letter to Meriel from Laurence Evans, d...
Three paintings probably by a young Charles Richardson. This folder contains: a small painting of a brown house on a blue background painted on the reverse of a printed line drawing of a birda small painting of a black boat on a blue sea painted on the reverse of a printed image of a painting ...
Photographs of Charles Richardson performing on stage
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Photographs, mostly black and white, depicting Charles Richardson on stage in various roles and some publicity headshots. Some of these images are annotated on the reverse and identify Charles as Ben Richardson which was his stage name. This folder contains: a photograph probably depicting Charl...
Programmes and press cuttings from productions starring Charles Richardson
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Programmes and press cuttings recording stage productions starring Charles Richardson. This folder contains: a cutting from the Daily Mirror, dated 1 Aug 1955, entitled Tommygun-Toting Boy Startled ‘em, reporting on Charles’ arrival in Australia to stay with his parentsa programme for a producti...
An example of The Bates Manufacturing Company patented Telephone Index constructed out of a brown metal and containing a spool of paper annotated with an alphabetical list of the telephone numbers of Ralph Richardson's colleagues and friends. Many of the contacts have been typed but some have als...
Ralph Richardson's cigarette case and parts of his naval uniform
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This folder contains: a small rectangular cigarette case made from a brown tortoise-shell material, possibly an early plastic, with a broken clasp and yellow metal hinges. two epaulettes in a navy fabric with brass buttons and golden fabric stripes and curls marking the rank of a Lieutenant-Comm...
George Jones: Four letters received from John Ruskin
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Four signed autograph letters from John Ruskin to George Jones (artist, executor to J. M. W. Turner, and Keeper of the Royal Academy). Two letters are fully dated, one letter lacks a year date, and the other is without date, as follows: (1). Denmark Hill. 24 September 1850. Letter refers to 'th...
Autograph poem (in ink) titled 'A Song of the Sea' (title in pencil, perhaps in another hand). Initialled 'J.R.' Twenty-seven lines of verse in three stanzas, beginning: 'Its masts of might - its souls so free / Had borne the scatheless keel / Through many a day of darkened sea / And many a stor...