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Maurice de Sausmarez Archive14
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection5
Brotherton Collection1

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sculpture19
letter writing9
exhibitions8
painting6
art education5
interest groups4
drawing3
photographs3
european literature2
fellowships2

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London, United Kingdom19
Leeds, United Kingdom4
Bonnelles, France1
France1
Luzern, Switzerland1
Newcastle, United Kingdom1
Pittsburgh, Usa1
Rome, Italy1
Vicenza, Italy1

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Novello, Vincent2
Darby, Eleanor1
Sainton-Dolby, Charlotte Helen1

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From 18005
From 190014

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Up to 199914

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Collier, John Payne to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

4 Dec 1846

Handwritten letter from John Payne Collier to Mary Cowden Clarke, expressing the opinion that the work of great men is their most enduring monument, but that this did not preclude his support for her ...

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Darby, Eleanor to Novello, Vincent

11 Jan 1847

Handwritten letter from Eleanor Darby to Vincent Novello, which praises his daughter Mary Cowden Clarke's proposal to erect a monument to Shakespeare, to be paid for by subscriptions from women. She w...

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Dickens, Charles to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

12 Oct 1863

Handwritten letter from Charles Dickens to Mary Cowden Clarke written on mourning paper, explaining why he had not replied to her first letter. He mentions the plan to erect a monument to Shakespeare ...

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Sainton-Dolby, Charlotte Helen to Novello, Vincent

13 Feb 1847

Handwritten letter from the singer and composer Charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby to Vincent Novello, regarding his daugher Mary Cowden Clarke's proposal to erect a monument to Shakespeare, to be paid for...

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Invitation to Exhibition of Children in Sculpture

Jun 1947

Invitation card to the Exhibition of Children in Sculpture organised by the Royal Society of British Sculptors and held at the Royal Watercolour Society Galleries at 26 Conduit Street, London, between...

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Lawrence Gowing to Maurice de Sausmarez

8 Feb 1962

Typewritten letter from Lawrence Gowing, Principal of Chelsea School of Art, to Maurice de Sausmarez, expressing concern over the misrepresentation of the curriculum and teaching methods at Chelsea an...

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Alexander Archipenko, 'Sculpture and Sculpto-Painting 1909-1921'

1961

Copy of a typewritten list of works by Alexander Archipenko for an exhibition titled 'Sculpture and Sculpto-Painting 1909-1921' at the Grosvenor Gallery from 20 June to 11 July 1961, with a note in Br...

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New Statesman and Nation

22 Jun 1946

Untitled press cutting from New Statesman and Nation, reporting a change of policy at the Artists' International Association from displaying a larger number of amateur works to a smaller number of hig...

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Art notes

1939

Two copies of a press cutting by 'H.K.' from an unidentified newspaper, with a review of the Artists' International Association exhibition at the Whitechapel Art Gallery. The author supports the aims ...

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Photographs of an exhibition of student work

c. 1965

Eight undated black and white photographs likely to represent an exhibition of drawing, painting and sculpture by students at Byam Shaw School of Drawing and Painting, with various visitors also depic...

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Maurice de Sausmarez to the Editor of the News Chronicle and Chairman of the Roosevelt Memorial Committee

c.1947

Two handwritten copies of letters from Maurice de Sausmarez, represented the Artists' International Association, to the Editor of the News Chronicle and Chairman of the Roosevelt Memorial Committee, c...

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Jeanne Stocker and Neil Stocker to Maurice de Sausmarez

1968

Copy of a typewritten reference for the artist and art teacher Jeanne Stocker for the Battersea College of Education from Maurice de Sausmarez and a typewritten letter from her husband, the artist and...

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