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61. 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

62. Add MS 88931/13/3/6

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Add MS 88931/13/3/6
Title:
Condolence Letters on the Death of Mervyn Peake
Scope & Content:
From family, friends and associates
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1968
Extent:
2 files

63. Add MS 88931/13/6/16

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Add MS 88931/13/6/16
Title:
Figure Wearing Pointed Hat Holding Bird
Scope & Content:
Printing plate etched with drawing by Mervyn Peake. Undated.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
mid 20th century
Extent:
1 item

64. Add MS 88931/13/3/2

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Add MS 88931/13/3/2
Title:
Letters of Appreciation to Mervyn Peake
Scope & Content:
Letters re Peake's work from friends, acquaintances and strangers. Some letters are from academics; others are more general fan mail. Letters answered by Maeve Gilmore as Peake was too ill to respond personally.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1959-1970s
Extent:
2 files

65. Add MS 88931/13/6/6

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Add MS 88931/13/6/6
Title:
The Hunting of the Snark: Title Page Border
Scope & Content:
Printing plate etched with decorative border featuring characters from the story. Published in Lewis Carroll, The Hunting of the Snark, illustrated by Mervyn Peake (London: Chatto & Windus, 1941). Block is inscribed 'Mrs Peake'. Undated.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1941]
Extent:
1 item

66. Add MS 88931/13/7/3

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Title:
Photographs of Drawings and Paintings
Scope & Content:
Reproductions of a variety of Peake's works, including a sketch of Flay and Rottcodd from the manuscript of Peake's stage adaptation of Titus Groan [see Add MS 88931/4/1], paintings of glass blowers and various nudes and other studies from life. Photographs found in envelope sent by Methuen's Ch...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1981
Extent:
1 file [18 photographs]

67. Add MS 88931/13/6/15

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Add MS 88931/13/6/15
Title:
Figure Wearing Pointed Hat Holding Sword
Scope & Content:
Printing plate etched with drawing by Mervyn Peake used for his daughter Clare Peake's twenty first birthday invitation. Undated [Clare Peake was twenty one in 1970].
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1970?
Extent:
1 item

68. Add MS 88931/13/16/1

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Add MS 88931/13/16/1
Title:
'Five Poems of Peake' by Nigel Virley
Scope & Content:
Copy of handwritten score for unaccompanied choir. The five nonsense poems are: 'The Trouble With Geraniums', 'O'er Seas That Have No Beaches', 'It Makes a Change', 'O Little Fly' and 'O Here It Is! And There It Is'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1974
Extent:
1 oversize file

69. Add MS 88931/13/6/1

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Add MS 88931/13/6/1
Title:
Ride a Cock-Horse: Title Illustration
Scope & Content:
Printing plate etched with image of woman riding a horse. Published in Ride a Cock-Horse and Other Nursery Rhymes, illustrated by Mervyn Peake (London: Chatto & Windus, 1940). This image was also used on the Peake family's 1979 Christmas card - see Add MS 88931/13/12. Undated.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
[1940]
Extent:
1 item

70. Add MS 88931/13/3/16

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Add MS 88931/13/3/16
Title:
General Correspondence
Scope & Content:
Letters to Maeve Gilmore, some of which have been addressed to Mervyn Peake but have been answered by Maeve. Each file contains multiple letters from many of the listed correspondents. There are a small number of copy letters in Maeve Gilmore's hand; these are noted in the description where pres...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1959-1982
Extent:
28 files