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Total number of records: 132

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Herbert Read Collection132
Brotherton Collection119
English Literature10

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anarchism10
art10
art, modern10
english poetry10
modernism (art)10
sculpture, modern10

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Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)28
Bell, Quentin (1910-1996)2
Dobree, Bonamy (1891-1974)2
Rothenstein, John (1901-1992)2
Aarons, Anita1
Aler, Jan1
Alley, Ronald1
Anderson, Sir Colin (1904-)1
Argan, Giulio Carlo1
Armitage, Kenneth (1916-)1

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From 1900131
From 20001

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Correspondence regarding Naum Gabo

3 - 28 Jan 1966

This file contains 3 signed typescript letters on The Arts Council of Great Britain headed paper. The letters regard Read's Introduction to a Naum Gabo exhibition catalogue and are from Joanna Drew (A...

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Correspondence regarding P.A. Tomory

13 Jan 1965 - 16 Jan 1965

This file contains 1 letter to Herbert Read, from Mary Swainson, Research Secretary at the British Academy, regarding P.A. Tomory.

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William Hogarth

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

1915 - 1968

2 sets of proofs with manuscript corrections for an article (appendix?) regarding William Hogarth.

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Introduction [the art of Charis]

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

1915 - 1968

Typescript carbon copy headed 'Introduction', 3ff. Regarding the art and designs created by Charis.

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To Quote or not to Quote

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

1915 - 1968

Typescript carbon copy titled 'To Quote or Not to Quote', 6ff. Regards the advisability of quoting in critical essays.

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Sam Francis

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

1915 - 1968

Typescript carbon copy titled 'Sam Francis', 3ff. Regarding the abstract artist Sam Francis and his work.

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Talking of Books

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

1915 - 1968

Typescript carbon copy titled 'Talking of Books: Unbounded and Immortal Things', 5ff. Regards 'The Golden Legend' (1483).

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The Empty Landscape

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

1915 - 1968

2 typescript carbon copies of a prose piece titled 'The Empty Landscape', regarding landscape in painting and quoting from Baudelaire and Kierkegaard.

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Introduction [Kipling: Just So Stories]

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

c. 1965

2 typescript carbon copies titled 'Introduction', 5ff, 1 with manuscript corrections. Regards Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories.

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Introduction [Marini]

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

1915 - 1968

Typescript carbon copy headed 'Introduction', with 'Marini' written at the top in ball point pen, 10ff. Regarding sculptures of Marino Marini.

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John D Margolis

Feb 1966

Two letters addressed to Read, with copy of Read's reply typed on reverse. Margolis asked several questions regarding T. S. Eliot.

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Margery Cooke (nee Ludwig)

1964 - 1966

This file contains 2 exuberant letters from Margery (Maymay) Cooke, one of Margaret Read's sisters. Regards family news and finances.

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