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- Record Id:
- 040-000944408
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-000897929
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000806.0x0000bd
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 88931/1/3/43
- Title:
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'Titus Four'
- Scope & Content:
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Revised autograph manuscript in different colour inks and crayon. Contains first draft of beginning of fourth Titus novel [published as Titus Awakes], with working notes and a list of possible titles. Starting on f.32 is a draft of the beginning of Titus Alone. Inscribed 'Wallington', later crossed out and replaced with 'Drayton Gardens SW10'. Dated 10 July 1960.
Drawings in pencil, crayon, felt pen and ink include:
- f.5: Muzzlehatch?;
- f.8v: ink blot transformed into doodle of stick figure running;
- f.12v: side of face;
- f.16: doodle of ink pen;
- f.18: male figure in pointed hat;
- f.22: cat;
- f.24: bird-rodent;
- f.24: two figures;
- f.25: 'Swelter on a cull';
- f.25v: face;
- f.26: Swelter and other figure;
- f.28: head;
- f.28v: tall thin figure wearing pointed hat riding ?tiger [appears to be drawn in Chinese style];
- f.29: figure and abstract shape;
- f.30v: abstract faces;
- f.33: clouds over mountain and abstract shapes;
- f.38: head of female apparently wearing tall headpiece;
- f.43: rough sketch of boy riding ?horse that is rearing up on hind legs;
- f.44: stag lying by water; lower half of female figure with dog's head;
- f.45: outline of two figures [adult and child?], the smaller figure has a pointed nose;
- f.47: female and male heads in profile; abstract owl-like creature;
- f.50v: head of horned creature [gazelle?];
- f.51: two studies of man with large nose;
- f.52v: male head;
- f.56: head of tiger-like creature with bird emerging from top of head; partial drawing of domed head;
- f.57v: boy crouched, viewed from behind;
- f.59: outline of woman and child [for painting?];
- f.60v: figures on rocks with larger figure on horizon;
- f.61: two male figures on hillside (with Peake's notes on drawing technique);
- f.62: male nude;
- f.62v: two boys in pointed hats by water, parrot and two dogs;
- f.65v: female with hand over head, drawn from life;
- f.67: female in headscarf;
- f.67v: line drawing of male head;
- f.68v: 'Figure pulling off shirt';
- f.72: head of black male boy;
- f.74: male head;
- f.76v: bird in frame below title 'Letters';
- f.77v: bird in human clothing;
- f.78: head of male wearing tall pointed hat;
- f.79v: head of female.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000897929
036-000897930
037-000897931
040-000944408 - Is part of:
- Add MS 88931 : Mervyn Peake Archive
Add MS 88931/1 : Prose
Add MS 88931/1/3 : Titus/Gormenghast Series
Add MS 88931/1/3/43 : Titus Four - Hierarchy:
- 032-000897929[0001]/036-000897930[0003]/037-000897931[0044]/040-000944408
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 88931
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1960
- End Date:
- 1960
- Date Range:
- Jul 1960
- 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: 221mm x 145mm.
Foliation: ff.ii+83.
- Former External References:
- UCL ref: MS ADD 234 7(i)A
- 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)