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Record Id:
032-001964901
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-001964901
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100000000055.0x000227
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 71006
Title:

JOSETTE JONES CORRESPONDENCE: letters and related material from Augustus Edwin John (b.1878, d.1961), artist, and Sir Sacheverell Sitwell (b.1897, d.1988), poet and writer, to Violet Madeline Josette Jones ('Josette Jones') (b.1894, d.1989), artist, together with letters from Sitwell to Dr. George Tee, publisher; 1914-1985, n.d. Partly signed, partly typewritten, partly printed. The letters from John and Sitwell to Jones include discussion of their own work as well as hers; essays by all three appear in her Paintings and Drawings of the Gypsies of Granada (1969). Sitwell's letters to Tee, to whom he was introduced by Jones, deal mainly with the fine printing of Sitwell's poetry by Tee for The Cerwel Press. For further Sitwell material see Add. 52922, 60699, 70603, 70837, 71178, 71188. For further John material see Add. 45904, 48934, 50539, 52548, 52556, 57726, 57785, 58543, 60672, 63278, 70951. See also, Michael Holroyd, Augustus John: A Biography (1975), Sarah Bradford, Sacheverell Sitwell: Splendours and Miseries (1993) and Dora E. Yates, My Gypsy Days: Recollections of a Romani Rawnie (1953). Presented by Dr. George Tee, 12 Nov. 1991.

Paper; ff. 255. British Library arrangement. 274 x 224mm.

1. ff. 1-115. Letters, cards and related material from Augustus John to Josette Jones, including: a card written in Romany to Dora E. Yates, writer and Honorary Secretary to the Gypsy Lore Society (f. 54); a typewritten account by Jones of a visit to Augustus and Dorelia John (f. 65); a letter from Dorelia John to Jones (ff. 78-79); three letters to Jones in an unidentified hand (ff. 105-108); an autograph fragment of reminiscences by Jones (f. 109); a programme and admission ticket for Augustus John's Memorial Service (ff. 110-114); a newspaper cutting concerned with a centenary exhibition at the Slade School (f. 115); 1914-1962, n.d.

2. ff. 116-211. Letters, with some postcards, from Sacheverell Sitwell to Josette Jones, including: one letter each to Joan Campion and her sister regarding a request for Sitwell to open an exhibition of Jones's work (ff. 116-117); three letters from Georgia Sitwell, Sacheverell's wife, to Jones (ff. 146, 147, 155-156v); a letter from Lolita Pedross to Sacheverell Sitwell (f. 158), enclosed by him in a letter to Jones (f. 157); 1955-1985.

3. ff. 212-255. Letters, with several postcards, from Sacheverell Sitwell to Dr. George Tee, including one from Sitwell's secretary, Mrs E. N. Forrest (f. 254); 1972-1981.

Scope & Content:

includes:

  • ff. 1-115 Violet Madeline Josette Jones, painter: Augustus Edwin John, painter: Letters to Violet Madeline Josette Jones from Augustus Edwin John: 1914-1962, n.d.: Partly printed.
  • f. 54 Dora Esther Yates, writer and Honorary Secretary to the Gypsy Lore Society: Augustus Edwin John, painter: Letter to Dora Esther Yates from Augustus Edwin John: 1956: Romany.
  • ff. 110-113 Augustus Edwin John, painter: Programme for Memorial Service: 1962: Printed.
  • f. 114 Augustus Edwin John, painter: Admission ticket for Memorial Service: 1962: Printed.
  • ff. 116-211 Sir Sacheverell Sitwell, 6th Baronet; poet and writer: Violet Madeline Josette Jones, painter: Letters to Violet Madeline Josette Jones from Sir Sacheverell Sitwell: 1955-1985.
  • f. 158 Sir Sacheverell Sitwell, 6th Baronet; poet and writer: Lolita Pedross, writer on Flamenco: Letter to Sir Sacheverell Sitwell from Lolita Pedross: 1968.
  • ff. 212-255 Sir Sacheverell Sitwell, 6th Baronet; poet and writer: Dr George Tee, pathologist and publisher at The Cerwel Press: Letters to Dr George Tee from Sir Sacheverell Sitwell: 1972-1981.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
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Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-001964901
Is part of:
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Hierarchy:
032-001964901
Container:
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 item
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Romany
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1914
End Date:
1985
Date Range:
1914-1985
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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Legal Status:
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Names:
John, Augustus Edwin, painter, 1878-1961
Jones, Violet Madeline Josette, painter
Pedross, Lolita, writer on Flamenco
Sitwell, Sacheverell, 6th Baronet, poet and writer
Tee, George, Dr pathologist and publisher at The Cerwel Press
Yates, Dora Esther, writer and Honorary Secretary to the Gypsy Lore Society