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Add MS 88931/1/3/25
- Record Id:
- 040-000898066
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-000897929
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000147.0x0003af
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 88931/1/3/25
- Title:
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Autograph Manuscript (Titus Alone chapters 1-13)
- Scope & Content:
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Revised draft in various coloured inks and pencil. Contains early draft of the beginning of Titus Alone. Appears to be earlier draft than Add MS 88931/1/3/26. At the end of the manuscript there are notes on Peake's earnings and fragments of poetry. Inscribed with Wallington address. Undated.
Drawings ink, wash and pencil include:
- f.11v: nude male chasing bird;
- f.12v: line drawings of: female figures dancing; figure on bended knee; female on tip-toes reaching forward;
- f.13v: cat [appears to be drawn in Chinese style]; bird;
- f.14: doodles; curvilinear line (incorporating face) that becomes rectilinear skyline [possibly a precursor to 'Just A Line' Add MS 88931/5/2];
- f.16: two male faces;
- f.17: female faces;
- f.20v: Muzzlehatch driving car;
- f.23: baby and dog or wolf;
- f.27: cartoon drawings of figure without torso and figure wearing pointed hat; female in conical ['coolie'] hat;
- f.27v: scene with fish on legs, bird and a hybrid creature with an elephant's head, peacock feathers and hooves;
- f.28: male wearing ornate bird helmet; abstract head;
- f.28v: head of boy, sketched from life;
- f.29: male head; three heads, nested one inside the other; sea creatures flying over rooftops.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000897929
036-000897930
037-000897931
040-000898066 - Is part of:
- Add MS 88931 : Mervyn Peake Archive
Add MS 88931/1 : Prose
Add MS 88931/1/3 : Titus/Gormenghast Series
Add MS 88931/1/3/25 : Autograph Manuscript (Titus Alone chapters 1-13) - Hierarchy:
- 032-000897929[0001]/036-000897930[0003]/037-000897931[0026]/040-000898066
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 88931
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1949
- End Date:
- 1959
- Date Range:
- c 1954
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: hard-bound volume.
Dimensions: 220mm x 142mm.
Foliation: ff.ii+30.
- Former External References:
- UCL ref: MS ADD 234 4(ii)
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)