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Add MS 88931/1/3/10
- Record Id:
- 040-000897969
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-000897929
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000147.0x00036a
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 88931/1/3/10
- Title:
- 'New Chapter "Gone"' (Titus Groan chapters 62-65)
- Scope & Content:
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Autograph manuscript in various colours of pencil and ink, with authorial revisions and [editorial?] corrections in red pencil. Contains draft of poem 'If I would stay what man call sane' (f.38v) and list of expenses for London and Burpham homes (f.42v). Undated.
Drawings in pencil, ink and crayon include:
- f.3: studies of male head;
- f.5: study of old woman;
- f.11: female figure drawn from life;
- f.11v: Keda on cliff top silhouetted against full moon;
- f.12v: head of male in tricorn hat, pipe in mouth and plaster on cheek [appears to be the character Captain Slaughterboard];
- f.15v: heads of man and boy;
- f.32v: sketch of male figure attending to his shoe/foot;
- f.36: face of child;
- f.40v: outline sketch of male figure with hands in pockets;
- f.41v: line drawing from life of female figure;
- f.44v: male figure on throne with chain round neck [Lord Sepulchrave?];
- f.45v: head of boy apparently blowing through tube [study for The Glassblowers?];
- f.46: dwarf male figure; sketches of female head [for painting?];
- f.46v: rough sketch of figures bending;
- f.47v: sketch of female figure with arm stretched;
- f.49v: head of boy;
- f.50v: male nude;
- f.51v: female head [Maeve?];
- f.52v: study of men in suits, standing;
- f.53v: Maeve with cube floating in front of her cheek.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000897929
036-000897930
037-000897931
040-000897969 - Is part of:
- Add MS 88931 : Mervyn Peake Archive
Add MS 88931/1 : Prose
Add MS 88931/1/3 : Titus/Gormenghast Series
Add MS 88931/1/3/10 : 'New Chapter "Gone"' (Titus Groan chapters 62-65) - Hierarchy:
- 032-000897929[0001]/036-000897930[0003]/037-000897931[0010]/040-000897969
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 88931
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1938
- End Date:
- 1948
- Date Range:
- c 1943
- 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: soft-bound volume (lacking original front cover).
Dimensions: 200mm x 160mm.
Foliation: ff.ii+53.
- Former External References:
- UCL ref: MS ADD 234 2(ix)
- 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)