Printed ephemera of Gordon Bottomley relating to illumination and calligraphy
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Contains material relating to medieval manuscripts, Oriental manuscripts, early printed book illustration, modern calligraphy, and postcard sets of British Museum manuscripts.
Photographs of friends of Gordon and Emily Bottomley
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Contains photographs of, amongst others, John Duncan RSA, J. B. Priestley, Alix Egerton, Judith Masefield, Lillah McCarthy, B. J. Fletcher, Lawrence and Cicely Binyon, Margaret Cropper, Allardyce Nicholl, Austin Clarke, and Joan Hamilton. Contains occasional photographs of the Bottomleys.
Contains articles on: art schools and exhibitions (especially at Leicester School of Art, including a programme and associated cuttings relating to the presentation there to Augustus Spencer in March 1900 at which Bottomley spoke); art galleries; photography, and architecture, with associated cu...