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Add MS 88931/1/3/6
- Record Id:
- 040-000897949
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-000897929
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000147.0x00035c
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 88931/1/3/6
- Title:
- 'Titus Groan, 77th Earl of Goremenghast' (Titus Groan chapters 38-45)
- Scope & Content:
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Autograph manuscript in different colour inks and pencil, with authorial revisions and [editorial?] pencil corrections. Original title 'Titus Knell' crossed out. Character notes on f.68. Notes at end of volume include draft of poem 'The satyrs sprawl along my limbs'. Dated 14 April 1941, Blackpool.
Drawings in ink, pencil and wash include:
- f.23: swan;
- f.25: study from life of man in chair with walking stick;
- f.32: male head [Sourdust?];
- f.33: Irma Prunesquallor, seated;
- f.38: small doodles of cartoon man in hat and male head;
- f.39: sailing ship and seashore;
- f.39v: face and horse;
- f.41: three nude figures;
- f.44: head of Irma Prunesquallor, screaming;
- f.44v: two male heads;
- f.45v: male head with cheek resting on fist [?Lord Sepulchrave];
- f.63: horse and rider (text written over the top);
- f.65: study from life of female figure in fur cape holding glass, 'Café Royal Aug 1941';
- f.67: study from life of old woman in hat with flowers;
- f.73: margin doodle of head of woman wearing headscarf;
- f.83: Maeve and cat.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000897929
036-000897930
037-000897931
040-000897949 - Is part of:
- Add MS 88931 : Mervyn Peake Archive
Add MS 88931/1 : Prose
Add MS 88931/1/3 : Titus/Gormenghast Series
Add MS 88931/1/3/6 : 'Titus Groan, 77th Earl of Goremenghast' (Titus Groan chapters 38-45) - Hierarchy:
- 032-000897929[0001]/036-000897930[0003]/037-000897931[0006]/040-000897949
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 88931
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1941
- End Date:
- 1941
- Date Range:
- Apr 1941-Aug 1941
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
- Restrictions to access apply please consult British Library staff
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: hard-bound volume.
Dimensions: 227mm x 175mm.
Foliation: ff.ii+83.
- Former External References:
- UCL ref: MS ADD 234 I (v)
- Information About Copies:
- Digital images (made by the British Library in 2012) of this entire volume are available to consult in the Manuscripts Reading Room - please see staff for details
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)