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Title
Date(s)
- 1904-1988 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
99 ff. Placed in melinex sleeves within ringed box at NLW.
Context area
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Christie's; London; Purchased at auction, lot 357; 30 November 2001; B2002/2.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Eighty-four letters, 1904-1988, from various artists, addressed to various recipients, and seemingly brought together as examples of autographs.
Among the correspondents are Edward Bawden, 1967 (f. 12), Clive Bell, [?1920s] (f. 85), George Bissill, 1956-1961 (ff. 14-56), Mark Gertler, 1916 (f. 86), Duncan Grant, 1942 (f. 87), Augustus John, 1953-1958 (ff. 4-7, 88), Gwen John, [?1904] (ff. 89-90), Clare Leighton, 1934 (ff. 9-11), Lord Methuen, 1972-1973 (ff. 67-70), Henry Moore, 1950-1951, 1961 (ff. 1-2, 91), John Nash, 1967 (f. 71), Paul Nash, [early 1940s] (f. 92), Sir William Nicholson, 1904-1906 (ff. 93-94), John Piper, 1941-1943 (ff. 72-75), Sir William Rothenstein, 1932 (ff. 96-97), Kenneth Rowntree, 1957 (ff. 78-82), and Sir Matthew Smith, 1950, 1957 (ff. 3, 99). The main recipients are Daniel George, 1953-1962 (ff. 4-8), Cyril Lakin, 1934 (ff. 9-11), Peter Rhodes (ff. 12-56, 58, 65-71, 83-84) and his wife Felicity Rhodes (ff. 57, 59-64, 72-82). The letters include references to the sale of pictures by Peter De Wint (ff. 16, 22-29, 37-40, 44-47) and comments by Augustus John on Caitlin Thomas’s autobiography (f. 6).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged at NLW as follows: groups of letters (arranged alphabetically by recipient); single letters (arranged alphabetically by sender).
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Conditions governing access
Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to abide by the conditions set out in information provided when applying for their Readers' Tickets, whereby the reader shall become responsible for compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998 in relation to any processing by them of personal data obtained from modern records held at the Library.
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
English.
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Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
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Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 23874C.
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Access points
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Name access points
- John, Augustus, 1878-1961 -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Rhodes, Peter Paget, 1910-1987 -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- Rhodes, Felicity, 1909-1998 -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- DeWint, Peter, 1784-1849. (Subject)
- Thomas, Caitlin (Subject)
- Bawden, Edward, 1903-1989. (Subject)
- Bell, Clive, 1881-1964. (Subject)
- Bissill, George, 1896-1973. (Subject)
- Gertler, Mark, 1891-1939. (Subject)
- Grant, Duncan, 1885-1978. (Subject)
- John, Augustus, 1878-1961 (Subject)
- Leighton, Clare, 1898-1989. (Subject)
- Methuen, Paul Ayshford Methuen, Baron, 1886-1974. (Subject)
- Moore, Henry, 1898-1986. (Subject)
- Nash, John, 1893-1977. (Subject)
- Nash, Paul, 1889-1946. (Subject)
- Nicholson, William, 1872-1949. (Subject)
- Rothenstein, William, 1872-1945. (Subject)
- Rowntree, Kenneth. (Subject)
- Smith, Matthew, 1879-1959. (Subject)
- George, Daniel, b. 1890. (Subject)
- Lakin, Cyril. (Subject)
- Rhodes, Peter Paget, 1910-1987. (Subject)
- Rhodes, Felicity, 1909-1998. (Subject)
- Piper, John, 1903-1992 (Subject)
- John, Gwen, 1876-1939 (Subject)
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Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
March 2012.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Description compiled by Maredudd ap Huw and revised by Rhys Morgan Jones;