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1. Add MS 88931/7

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Title:
Alice Illustrations
Scope & Content:
All sixty four extant finished drawings plus rough sketches and proofs for Mervyn Peake's illustrations of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, commissioned by Zephyr Books of Stockholm, Sweden in 1945. Mervyn Peake revised his drawings for the 1954 edi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1945-1954
Extent:
11 files

2. Add MS 88931/7/2

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Title:
Drawings for Through the Looking Glass
Scope & Content:
Comprising thirty one finished illustrations by Mervyn Peake and one rough sketch. Lacking drawings of Tweedledum and Tweedledee fighting and the head of the White Queen [these two illustrations were seemingly never returned by the original publishers, Zephyr Books; they do not appear on Maeve Gi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1945-1954]
Extent:
5 files

3. Add MS 88931/7/1

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Title:
Drawings for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Scope & Content:
Thirty three finished drawings, eight rough sketches and a partial set of pulls (first proofs) of Mervyn Peake's illustrations, some with captions in Peake's hand.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1945-1954]
Extent:
6 files

4. 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

5. Add MS 88931/7/1/1

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Title:
Unmounted Rough Sketches
Scope & Content:
Comprises three leaves with the following drawings: f.1: rough pencil outline of figure [possibly the Duchess?]; f.1v: part of pencil drawing of head; f.2: sketch in ink of Queen of Hearts pointing, inscribed 'Collar that Dormous [Dormouse], the Queen shrieked out'; f.2v: sketch in ink inscribed...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1945]
Extent:
1 file

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

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