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Add MS 88931/13/12
- Record Id:
- 040-001608559
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-000897929
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001442.0x0000fb
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 88931/13/12
- Title:
- Peake Family Greetings Cards
- Scope & Content:
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Comprises:
- two printed cards with illustration by Mervyn Peake of a nude boy holding a branch, from Maeve and Mervyn Peake, 1 Drayton Gardens, London SW10, undated [1960-1968];
- two printed Christmas cards with illustration by Mervyn Peake of face [for Oscar Wilde's poem 'Madonna Mia'], 1967;
- printed Christmas card with title illustration from Ride a Cock-Horse on cover and Alice title page border inside, both by Mervyn Peake, 1979;
- two printed Christmas cards with triptych by Mervyn Peake showing cat, head of cat and horned head, 1980;
- photograph of painting of seated woman with umbrella, inserted into envelope frame (presumably intended for greetings card design).
See Add MS 88931/13/6 for the printing plates from which the cards were made.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000897929
033-001119927
040-001608559 - Is part of:
- Add MS 88931 : Mervyn Peake Archive
Add MS 88931/13 : Papers of Maeve Gilmore and the Mervyn Peake Estate
Add MS 88931/13/12 : Peake Family Greetings Cards - Hierarchy:
- 032-000897929[0013]/033-001119927[0012]/040-001608559
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 88931
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1960
- End Date:
- 1989
- Date Range:
- 1960s-1980
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)