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Add MS 88908/5
- Record Id:
- 040-000001493
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-000001471
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000128.0x00029c
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 88908/5
- Title:
- Richard March: Dust-Jacket Design for The Mountain of the Upas Tree
- Scope & Content:
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The original scraperboard artwork for the dustjacket of March, The Mountain of the Upas Tree (Editions Poetry London, 1948).
Designed by William Stobbs, with detailed instructions to the blockmaker written on the board. Blue added directly to the image, red provided on a hinged tracing-paper overlay; attached to the verso, a hinged sheet with threee colour blocks showing the exact tints to be used.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000001471
033-000001472
040-000001493 - Is part of:
- Add MS 88908 : The Papers of Richard March
Add MS 88908/1-6 : Richard March: Personal Papers
Add MS 88908/5 : Richard March: Dust-Jacket Design for The Mountain of the Upas Tree - Hierarchy:
- 032-000001471[0001]/033-000001472[0005]/040-000001493
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 88908
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1948
- End Date:
- 1948
- Date Range:
- [1948]
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- 1 scraperboard with two hinged sheets attached (by tape). Dimensions: 380 x 265mm.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Stobbs, William, illustrator, Principal of Maidstone College of Art, 1914-2000