Includes: Photocopy of Hodgkins’s will, dated 9 Jul 1941. ALS from Frances Hodgkins to Barbara Coombs, 30 Aug 1945, 21 Sep 1945, 13 Dec 1945, and 10 Oct 1946. All are social letters discussing opportunities to meet. ‘Frances Hodgkins: an appreciation of a great painter and great personality’ by ...
Includes letters from Diana Furness; Andrew Wordsworth of Bryanston School; Joan Browne, widow of Wynyard Browne; Kitty West of the Hambledon Gallery; and Molly Keane (a photocopy).
Letters from Benjamin Britten and Laurie Lee to Barbara Coombs
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Contains: TLS from Benjamin Britten to Barbara Coombs, 23 Aug 1945, thanking Coombs for her letter appreciating Britten’s work. ALS from Laurie Lee to Barbara Coombs, 22 Mar 1949, accepting an invitation.
Contains photographs of paintings and mosaics by Newton, mock-ups of bookplates for Ruth Wyler and Winifred Murray, a photograph of a 'No Smoking' poster, an original sketch of a stage set, and a copy of On The First Day of Christmas by Ben Shahn, signed by the author and with additional cover il...