Identity area
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1.
Title
Gwen John Personal Papers,
Date(s)
- 1895-1953. (Creation)
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Extent and medium
1 large box (0.029 cubic metres)
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Name of creator
(1929-2010)
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Scope and content
Original papers including sketchbooks, notebooks and diaries. There is a notebook, given to Gwen John on her birthday by her father, where she and some of her friends have written quotes from various sources. Also, there are two original prayer cards that inspired Gwen John's painting of the Nuns. There is a collection of papers concerning her death and will and papers regarding an exhibition of her work in 1946 and her early sales.
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System of arrangement
Arranged into four files: Personal Papers; Original Marie Poussepin Prayer Cards; Originals and Death, Will, 1946 Exhibition and Early Sales.
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Note
Original order.
Note
Preferred citation: 1.
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vtls004655657
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Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales