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Add MS 88931/7/1/6
- Record Id:
- 040-001116072
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-000897929
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000276.0x00008e
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 88931/7/1/6
- Title:
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Proofs
- Scope & Content:
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Pulls (first proofs) of illustrations, cut and pasted onto card with captions in pencil in Mervyn Peake's hand. Proposed dimensions of printed drawings have been inscribed on mount.
Partial set comprising 25 of the 31 illustrations:
- King of Hearts: 'Frontispiece';
- Crocodile: 'Chapter 2. How doth the little crocodile...';
- Mouse: 'Ch 3. "Ahem," said the Mouse with an important air';
- Dodo: 'Ch 3. It sat for a long time with one finger pressed upon its forhead [sic]';
- Bill the Lizard: 'Ch 4. "There goes Bill"';
- Alice and the puppy: 'Ch 4. "An enormous Puppy was looking down at her"';
- Caterpillar: '5. "Who are you?" said the Caterpillar';
- Father William and son: 'Ch 5. You are Old, Father William';
- Alice: 'Ch 5. And where have my shoulders got to';
- Fish-Footman. 'Ch 6. The Fish footman';
- Frog-Footman. 'Ch 6. "I shall sit here," the Footman remarked, "till tomorrow"';
- Duchess: 'Ch 6. She kept tossing the baby violently up and down.';
- Baby as a pig: 'Ch 6. It would have made a dreadfully ugly child';
- Cheshire Cat: 'Ch 6. The cat only grinned when it saw Alice';
- Mad Hatter's tea party: 'Ch 7. Your hair wants cutting said the Hatter';
- Five of Spades: 'Ch 8. "Busy painting them red"';
- Three gardeners: 'Ch 8. "began bowing to the King and Queen and everyone else"';
- Queen of Hearts: 'Ch 8. Off with her head!';
- Duchess: 'Ch 9. I dare say you're wondering why I don't put my arm round your waist';
- Duchess: 'Ch 9. The duchess was gone in a moment';
- Mock Turtle: 'Ch 9. With large eyes full of tears';
- Alice, Mock Turtle and the Gryphon: 'Ch 10. So they began solemly [sic] dancing round and round Alice';
- Knave of Hearts: 'Ch 11. The Knave was standing before them in chains';
- March Hare: 'Ch 11. I deny it, said the March Hare';
- Queen of Hearts: 'Ch 11. Collar that Dormouse'.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000897929
036-001045421
037-001045422
040-001116072 - Is part of:
- Add MS 88931 : Mervyn Peake Archive
Add MS 88931/7 : Alice Illustrations
Add MS 88931/7/1 : Drawings for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Add MS 88931/7/1/6 : Proofs - Hierarchy:
- 032-000897929[0007]/036-001045421[0001]/037-001045422[0006]/040-001116072
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 88931
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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1 file
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1946
- End Date:
- 1946
- Date Range:
- [1946]
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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