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Add MS 88931/1/3/26
- Record Id:
- 040-000944283
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-000897929
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000806.0x000075
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 88931/1/3/26
- Title:
- 'Titus Far From Home' (Titus Alone chapters 1-35)
- Scope & Content:
-
Revised autograph draft, in ink. Appears to be later draft than Add MS 88931/1/1/25. Manuscript and typescript leaves pasted in with additions and revisions. Notes on characters and plot at end of manuscript. Dated at front of volume 28 December 1954, 4.30, Diddnam[?].
Drawings in ink and pencil include:
- f.3: face of Titus;
- f.58: whale;
- f.70: palm tree by wall;
- f.72: male with large chin and pointed hat; male with stubble and striped top; bearded male (leaf pasted over the top of drawings);
- f.83: horse/mule/donkey;
- f.88: party guests;
- f.91: male head [one of the party guests?];
- f.92: margin doodle of bird;
- f.94: ink pen;
- f.95: facial features;
- f.96: margin doodle of ?acrobat wearing pointed hat;
- f.103: male head wearing ornate helmet; doodles of eye, creature and two implements [perhaps letter openers];
- f.104: rhinoceros;
- f.107v: whale;
- f.108: margin doodle of side of face;
- f.112: fish with legs;
- f.118: Titus in prison cell looking out through barred window;
- f.125: 'Muzzlehatch';
- f.127: seabird in collar and tie;
- f.128: Muzzlehatch;
- f.132: line drawing of large female figure with arms raised;
- f.133: three heads;
- f.135: head of male;
- f.136: chef [Abiatha Swelter?];
- f.137v: stag at bottom of hill;
- f.139v: line drawings of heads and torsos of two male figures;
- f.140: sketch from life of head resting on hand;
- f.142: male figure in pointed hat, pointing;
- f.143: female nude and dog wearing skirt standing on hind legs;
- f.144v: girl in dress with sash round waist
- ff.145v-146: drawings by a child.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000897929
036-000897930
037-000897931
040-000944283 - Is part of:
- Add MS 88931 : Mervyn Peake Archive
Add MS 88931/1 : Prose
Add MS 88931/1/3 : Titus/Gormenghast Series
Add MS 88931/1/3/26 : 'Titus Far From Home' (Titus Alone chapters 1-35) - Hierarchy:
- 032-000897929[0001]/036-000897930[0003]/037-000897931[0027]/040-000944283
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 88931
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1954
- End Date:
- 1956
- Date Range:
- Dec 1954-Feb 1956
- 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 with striped fabric loose cover
Dimensions: 205mm x 138mm
Foliation: ff.ii+152
- Former External References:
- UCL ref: MS ADD 234 4i
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)