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131. Add MS 88931/7/1/6

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Title:
Proofs
Scope & Content:
Pulls (first proofs) of illustrations, cut and pasted onto card with captions in pencil in Mervyn Peake's hand. Proposed dimensions of printed drawings have been inscribed on mount. Partial set comprising 25 of the 31 illustrations: King of Hearts: 'Frontispiece'; Crocodile: 'Chapter 2. How dot...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1946]
Extent:

1 file

132. Add MS 88931/7/2/1

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Title:
Drawings (part 1)
Scope & Content:
One drawing of Alice materialising through the looking glass, in pen and ink on water-colour board. Inscribed 'Full ?page'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1945-1954]
Extent:
1 file

133. Add MS 88931/7/2/2

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Title:
Drawings (part 2)
Scope & Content:
Ten pen and ink drawings, with inscriptions in Mervyn Peake's hand: White kitten: drawing on paper pasted onto bigger leaf; inscribed ‘Ch 1 “heading”’ (f.1); White Queen: drawing on water-colour board; inscribed ‘White Queen sitting on the edge of the shovel’ [in Maeve Gilmore's hand] (ff.2-3); ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1945-1954]
Extent:
1 file

134. Add MS 88931/7/2/3

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Title:
Drawings (part 3)
Scope & Content:
Nine drawings in pen and ink, with captions in Mervyn Peake's hand: Red King: drawing on water-colour board; with caption inscribed ‘Ch 4. “He had a tall red nightcap on, with a tassel, & he was lying crumpled up…’ (ff.1-2); Tweedledum and Tweedledee under umbrella; drawing on water-colour b...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1945-1954]
Extent:
1 file

135. Add MS 88931/7/2/4

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Title:
Drawings (part 4)
Scope & Content:
Nine drawings in pen and ink, with captions in Mervyn Peake's hand: Lion: drawing on card; with caption inscribed ‘Ch 7. ”What’s this?” he said, blinking lazily at Alice.’ (ff.1-2); Alice: drawing on paper pasted onto card; with caption inscribed ‘Chapter 8. … with such fury that Alice got behin...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1945-1954]
Extent:
1 file

136. Add MS 88931/7/2/5

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Title:
Drawings (part 5)
Scope & Content:
Comprises four drawings. Rough sketch: White King struggling with pencil drawn beside reproduction of earlier sketch of King and pencil (f.1). Finished Drawings: Walrus and Carpenter; drawing in pen and ink on water-colour board (f.2); Humpty Dumpty sat on wall; drawing in pen and ink on water-...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1945-1954]
Extent:
1 file

137. Add MS 88931/8

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Title:
Sketchbook: 'Roehampton 1965'
Scope & Content:
Sketches by Mervyn Peake, made whilst he was hospitalised at Roehampton. Mostly consisting of drawings of heads in pencil and crayon. Some drawings dated October 1964 [in Maeve Gilmore's hand].
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1964-1965
Extent:
1 file

138. Add MS 88931/9

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Title:
Waddington Galleries Exhibitions
Scope & Content:
Ephemera relating to two different exhibitions of Peake's drawings at the Victor Waddington Galleries, London: printed brief catalogue for a 1951 exhibition, with an introduction by Maurice Collis (annotation in Mervyn's hand notes the money made from the sale of works); press cutting with revie...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1951-1958
Extent:
1 file

139. Add MS 88931/10/1

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Title:
'The Dusky Birron' by Gordon Smith
Scope & Content:
Clean copy typescript of a story written by Peake's former school friend with 'pictures by Mervyn Peake' (although there are no illustrations with this typescript). The character of the Dusky Birron was invented by Smith and Peake for an earlier collaboration, 'The Moccus Book'. Peake's Wallingt...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1929?-1939?
Extent:
1 file

140. Add MS 88931/10/2

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Title:
'The Book of Lyonne' by H B Drake
Scope & Content:
Typescript in five sections, each with its own cover. With minor revisions [in author's hand?]. Undated but pencil inscription on second leaf of 'Book I' cites Peake's address as 70 Glebe Place Chelsea thereby suggesting that the date is 1944-1946 - see G Peter Winnington, Mervyn Peake's Vast Alc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1945?
Extent:
1 file