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gift giving26
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art education3
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Sally de Sausmarez to Maurice de Sausmarez

31 Dec 1959

Handwritten letter from Sally de Sausmarez to her uncle Maurice de Sausmarez, thanking him for sending her a pound for Christmas.

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Benjamin Fairfax Hall to Jane de Sausmarez

16 Jul 1971

Handwritten letter from the printer Benjamin Fairfax Hall to Jane de Sausmarez, expressing his pleasure on receiving a painting of a landscape in Vaucluse, France, by her late husband Maurice de Sausm...

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Jane Boswell to Maurice de Sausmarez

Oct 1962

Handwritten notecard from Jane Boswell [later de Sausmarez] to Maurice de Sausmarez, hoping this [likely an attached gift] gave him pleasure and reminded him of their happy times together. She writes ...

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Greville John Poke to Jane de Sausmarez

1985

One handwritten postcard and one handwritten letter from Greville John Poke to Jane de Sausmarez, with a copy of Jane de Sausmarez's reply to the postcard. The postcard, dated 24 April 1985, hopes tha...

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Books

1956-1959

Two books owned by and gifted to Bridget Riley.

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Family history

1926-1974

Materials relating to the history of the de Sausmarez family, a branch of which is spelt de Saumarez. Includes 2 autograph albums, 8 press cuttings and a Christmas card.

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The Pen Drawings of Thomas Hennell

1948

Catalogue introduction titled 'The Pen Drawings of Thomas Hennell' by Maurice de Sausmarez, for the exhibition catalogue titled 'The Art of the Countryman' by the Arts Council. In addition to a copy o...

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Maurice de Sausmarez to Ben Nichsolson

Jan 1969

Copy of a typewritten letter from Maurice de Sausmarez to Ben Nicholson, in which de Sausmarez describes the disruption of a recent illness and the birth of their son Daniel. He thanks Nicholson again...

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Sidney Charles Hutchison to Maurice de Sausmarez

3 Oct 1968

Typewritten letter from Sidney Charles Hutchison, Acting Secretary to the Royal Academy of Arts, to Maurice de Sausmarez, providing a first notice of a General Assembly of all Members on 23 October 19...

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Autograph album

1926-1929

Autograph album with leather binding, gilt lettering and edges and blue marbled endpapers. Inscribed in ink: 'Xmas. 1926 L.M. de Sausmarez from Mam.' Includes autographs, quotations and sketches datin...

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Proof prints of Christmas cards

c. 1945

5 undated proof prints of Christmas cards designed by Maurice de Sausmarez and his first wife Kate Elizabeth Lyons, whom he married in 1940 and separated from in 1956. The design is a woodblock print ...

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Christmas card list

Dec 1965

Handwritten list of names to receive Christmas cards from Maurice de Sausmarez in 1965, written on gridded paper torn from a notebook. The majority of people are referred to by only their first names.

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