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311. Add MS 88931/13/6/11

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Add MS 88931/13/6/11
Title:
Household Tales: 'The Singing, Soaring Lark'
Scope & Content:
Printing plate etched with image of a girl and a prince riding a griffin. Published in Jacob Grimm, Household Tales, illustrated by Mervyn Peake (London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1946). Dated 1974 [presumably this was when the block was reused, probably to produce a print for a greetings card].
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1946]
Extent:
1 item

312. Add MS 88931/13/6/13

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Add MS 88931/13/6/13
Title:
Extracts From the Poems of Oscar Wilde: 'Madonna Mia'
Scope & Content:
Printing plate etched with image of a girl's face. Published as an illustration accompanying the poem 'Madonna Mia' in Mervyn Peake/Oscar Wilde: Extracts From the Poems of Oscar Wilde (London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1980). Block inscribed 'Gill'. Undated [but used to print the Peake family's Chri...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1967?]
Extent:
1 item

313. Add MS 88931/13/6/14

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Add MS 88931/13/6/14
Title:
'Gormenghast' Manuscript: Barquentine and Steerpike
Scope & Content:
Printing plate photo-etched with image from one of the Gormenghast notebooks [Add MS 88931/1/3/15 f.139v-140] showing a drawing of Barquentine and Steerpike alongside Peake's autograph text. Undated [but must date from after 1948 as this is when the notebook was begun].
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
after 1948
Extent:
1 item

314. Add MS 88931/13/6/18

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Title:
Figure With Snake
Scope & Content:
Printing plate etched with drawing by Mervyn Peake of oriental figure wearing a loin cloth and a pointed hat kneeling next to a snake wearing a crown. This image was published in Poems and Drawings by Mervyn Peake (London: Keepsake Press, 1965). Block inscribed 'Peake'. The image is dated 1956 bu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
after 1956
Extent:
1 item

315. Add MS 88931/13/6/20

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Title:
Human-Animal Hybrids (large)
Scope & Content:
Printing plate etched with drawing by Mervyn Peake of human-cat hybrid and human-donkey? hybrid, both raising their arms over their heads. This image was used for the Peake family Christmas card 1968. Larger version of Add MS 88931/13/6/21. Block inscribed 'Peake'. Undated.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1968?
Extent:
1 file

316. Add MS 88931/13/6/22

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Add MS 88931/13/6/22
Title:
Dog Jumping up at Man
Scope & Content:
Printing plate etched with sketch of man and dog by Mervyn Peake. Surface of wooden block inscribed 'Peake'. This image was used for the Peake family Christmas card of 1981. Undated.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1981?
Extent:
1 item

317. Add MS 88931/13/6/24

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Title:
Nude Boy Holding Branch
Scope & Content:
Printing plate etched with drawing by Mervyn Peake. This image was used for a greetings card from Mervyn and Maeve Gilmore [see Add MS 88931/13/12]. Undated.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
mid 20th century
Extent:
1 item

318. Add MS 88931/13/6/25

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Add MS 88931/13/6/25
Title:
Baby
Scope & Content:
Printing plate etched with a drawing of a baby by Mervyn Peake [probably his son Sebastian Peake]. This image was used for the Peake family Christmas card of 1965. Undated.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1965?
Extent:
1 item

319. Add MS 88931/13/6/26

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Title:
Route From St James's to 57 Camden Park Road
Scope & Content:
Printing plate etched with route map and directions to [Clare Peake's] wedding reception [at the home of Fabian and Phyllida Peake]. Undated [wedding took place on 4 October 1975].
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1975]
Extent:
1 item

320. Add MS 88931/13/7

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Title:
Reproductions of Drawings and Paintings
Scope & Content:
Photostats, photocopies and photographs of various works by Mervyn Peake
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1960s-1980s]
Extent:
3 files