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Draft plates for 'Basic Design'
1963
Five draft plates for 'Basic Design: The Dynamics of Visual Form' by Maurice de Sausmarez, including two colour plates, two black and white proofs and one hand drawn diagram in black ink.
'Beautiful Weeds' colour plates
c. 1948
Two sheets of colour plates of 'Beautiful Weeds' from the book titled 'The Countryside Companion' by Tom Stephenson (London: Odhams Press, 1948), illustrated by Maurice de Sausmarez.
Plates from 'The Girlhood of Shakespeare's Heroines' by Mary Cowden Clarke
1851
Seventeen engraved plates from 'The Girlhood of Shakespeare's Heroines' by Mary Cowden Clarke. The original enclosure is inscribed with the following: 'Mrs. Cowden Clarke Craven Hill Cottage Bayswater...
Images
c. 1963-2003
Photographs, negatives, diagrammatic illustrations and draft captions used for the plates of 'Basic Design: The Dynamics of Visual Form', originally published by Studio Vista in 1964.
Photographic negatives
c. 1963
Two loose and one booklet of photographic negatives for the plates used to illustrate the book 'Basic Design: The Dynamics of Visual Form' by Maurice de Sausmarez.
Diagrams
c. 1963
Diagrams prepared for use as plates by N.V. Drukkerij Koch & Knuttel to illustrate the book 'Basic Design: The Dynamics of Visual Form' by Maurice de Sausmarez.
Draft captions
c.1963
Undated draft typewritten captions for the plates used to illustrate the book 'Basic Design: The Dynamics of Visual Form' by Maurice de Sausmarez, including handwritten annotations and corrections.
A.C. Armstrong and Son to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria
1888-1891
Six handwritten letters and two printed enclosures from the New York publishers and booksellers A.C. Armstrong and Son to Mary Cowden Clarke, mentioning publishing plans for 'The Girlhood of Shakespea...
Shakespeare
1835-1890
Preparatory notes for Mary Cowden Clarkes publications 'The Concordance to Shakespeare', first published in parts in 1844-45 and 'The Girlhood of Shakespeare's Heroines: A Series of Fifteen Tales', fi...
Research and notes
c. 1963
Handwritten and typewritten notes by Maurice de Sausmarez for his book 'Basic Design: Dynamics of Visual Form', originally published by Studio Vista in 1964. Includes lists of artists, art works and p...
David Herbert to Maurice de Sausmarez
5 Sep 1969
Typewritten letter from David Herbert, Publishing Director at Studio Vista, to Maurice de Sausmarez, congratulating de Sausmarez on the excellent manuscript for his monograph on Bridget Riley, which t...
Maurice de Sausmarez to Charles Harrison
Mar 1969
Copy of a typewritten letter from Maurice de Sausmarez to Charles Harrison, noting that Ben Nicholson had communicated that Harrison would know which of Nicholson's works would be reproduced as colour...