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Maurice de Sausmarez Archive32
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The Royal Academy Illustrated

1952

Printed copy of the journal 'The Royal Academy Illustrated 1952' (London: William Clowes and Sons, 1952). Published as a souvenir of the one hundred and eighty-fourth Summer Exhibition. Includes a bla...

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The Royal Academy Illustrated

1954

Printed copy of the journal 'The Royal Academy Illustrated 1958' (London: William Clowes and Sons, 1954). Published as a souvenir of the one hundred and eighty sixth Summer Exhibition.

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The Royal Academy Illustrated

1958

Printed copy of the journal 'The Royal Academy Illustrated 1958' (London: William Clowes and Sons, 1958). Published as a souvenir of the one hundred and ninetieth Summer Exhibition.

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Herbert Press illustrated books

c. 1982

Printed pamphlet from the Herbert Press advertising illustrated books on furniture, architecture, costume and design, including a reprint of 'Basic Design: The Dynamics of Visual Form' by Maurice de S...

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Album with illustrations, greetings cards and prints

1879-1897

Album containing (Mary) Sabilla Novello’s illustrations to her sister Mary Cowden Clarke’s ‘The Girlhood of Shakespeare’s Heroines' dated to 1879 and 1884. Also including Christmas, New Year a...

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Half tone illustrations of Christ's Hospital by Wallace Hester

c. 1920

Three half tone illustrations of etchings of Christ's Hospital by (Robert) Wallace Hester, published by Caxton Galleries Ltd. They are titled 'Big School', 'The Cloisters' and 'Dining Hall' and the re...

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'Drury Lane', Illustrated London News, 8 April 1843, p. 239

8 Apr 1843

'Drury Lane', Illustrated London News, 8 April 1843, p. 239. A review of the new opera 'Sappho', in which Clara Novello performed the title role.

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Chromolithograph for 'The Returning Banner'

c. 1850

Illustrated chromolithograph advertising 'The Banner Song. The Returning Banner' with words by T.K. Hervey and music by G.F. Graham. Printed by Schenck and McFarlane of Edinburgh.

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Paper laundry bag

c. 1960

Undated paper bag with the text 'Greetings from your Laundry' surrounding an Christmas-themed illustration of two standing figures in front of a village scene covered in snow. Copyright Chas. Brodie L...

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Meadows, Joseph Kenny to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

5 May 1851

Handwritten letter on mourning paper from the illustrator Joseph Kenny Meadows to Mary Cowden Clarke, apologising for the delay in his reply to her letter and thanking her for the copy of her book 'Th...

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The World and You: Book One Part Two Historic City

1950

Proof copy of 'The World and You: Book One Part Two Historic City', with illustrations by Maurice de Sausmarez and text by F.G. Thomas. An Open Eyes Picture Book published by Chatto & Windus, London.

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Alex Gregory-Hood to Maurice de Sausmarez

27 Aug 1969

Typewritten letter from Alex Gregory-Hood, Director of the Rowan Gallery, to Maurice de Sausmarez, thanking him for his letter of 21 August and listing the status of five illustrations for de Sausmare...

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