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Collection of designs for Worcester porcelain

 Collection
Call Number: MSS 88
Scope and Contents:

The collection comprises eight volumes of designs for the painting of Worcester porcelain and one account book, the work of Henry Taylor (1825-1888), his father James Taylor (1790-1852), and his grandfather William Taylor.

Dates: ca. 1770-ca. 1880

Cathy Courtney collection of artists' books ephemera

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Call Number: MSS 23
Abstract:

The collection comprises printed and manuscript material concerning contemporary British artists' books, compiled by Cathy Courtney. It includes exhibition invitations and announcements; press releases; prospectuses; catalogs; curricula vitae; correspondence; newsletters; interviews; artist's statements; brochures; and news articles.

Dates: circa 1982-circa 2003

Edgeworthstown archive

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Call Number: MSS 48
Scope and Contents:

The collection comprises designs, notes & miscellaneous papers relating to buildings and agricultural improvements for Edgeworthstown, Richard Lovell Edgeworth's model village in Ireland, 1796-1815. Most of the designs and notes are by Daniel Augustus Beaufort, father in law of R.L. Edgeworth.

Dates: 1796-1815

Extra-illustrated Life of Nollekens

 Collection
Call Number: MSS 10
Abstract:

This collection comprises an extra-illustrated copy--with many engravings and original manuscript letters--of the second edition of John Thomas Smith's Nollekens and his times, comprehending a life of that celebrated sculptor: and memoirs of several contemporary artists, from the time of Roubillac, Hogarth, and Reynolds, to that of Fuseli, Flaxman, and Blake (London : Henry Colburn, 1829).

Dates: 1708-1875, bulk 1768-1836

Ellen Fenton Diaries of Travels to Boulogne-sur-Mer

 Collection
Call Number: MSS 28
Abstract:

The collection comprises illustrated manuscript diaries of Ellen Fenton of Haven Green House, Ealing, which chronicle her summer family vacations to Boulogne-sur-Mer, 1854-1862, in nine volumes.

Dates: 1854-1862

James Forbes archive: A voyage from England to Bombay with descriptions in Asia, Africa, and South America

 Collection
Call Number: MSS 66
Scope and Contents: The collection comprises thirteen manuscript volumes, each of which contains numerous illustrations as well as transcriptions of letters originally composed while Forbes was in India, with a particular concentration on the natural history of India. The manuscript was finished in 1800, although most of the drawings are those done at the time of the voyage, circa 1765-1776. Volume 1 includes a presentation page, dated 11 April 1800, in which Forbes gives the set to his daughter, Elizabeth...
Dates: circa 1765-1800

Grimston family correspondence

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Call Number: MSS 27
Abstract:

The collection comprises Grimston family correspondence, primarily written by Rose Armatrude Frances Grimston (1859-1927) to her sister "Effie” (Florence Maria Grimston), 1872-1889.

Dates: 1872-1889

Helen Haywood archive

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Call Number: MSS 86
Scope and Contents:

The collection comprises material related to the work of Helen Haywood, illustrator of children's books. The material includes drawings, mock-ups, and typed stories.

Dates: ca. 1960-ca. 1970

Hubert von Herkomer archive

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Call Number: MSS 72
Scope and Contents:

The collection comprises correspondence, scrapbooks, photographs, prints, drawings, and publications concerning Hubert von Herkomer, and Herkomer's family.

Dates: 1862-1943

Edgar Hockley collection

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Call Number: MSS 9
Abstract:

This collection comprises costume and set design drawings by Edgar Hockley depicting late-Victorian London stage productions. Also present are theatre programs and clippings from the same period.

Dates: 1886-1924, bulk 1886-1897

Jones family archive

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Call Number: MSS 18
Abstract:

The collection comprises correspondence, photographs, sketchbooks, travel journals, notebooks, and printed material concerning Charles Jones (1780-1850) and his descendants. The correspondence spans the better part of the nineteenth century (1805-1878), with the bulk of the letters dating from the 1830s, 1840s, and 1850s; it offers a window into the life of a large middle-class dissenting family in mid nineteenth-century London.

Dates: 1805-1945

Daniel King Circle Press Archive

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Call Number: MSS 77
Abstract:

The collection comprises archival material for projects created by or for the Circle Press, including drawings, plans, experiments, prototypes, texts, correspondence, posters, blocks, plates, cutting and creasing forms, and some wood and metal type.

Dates: 1967-2003

Edward Lear archive

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Call Number: MSS 59
Abstract:

The collection comprises correspondence, manuscript writings, lists of drawings, and printed material concerning the author and artist Edward Lear.

Dates: ca. 1840-1985

Clare Leighton collection

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Call Number: MSS 7
Abstract:

The collection comprises original artwork and manuscript material by Clare Leighton for a series of 12 Queen's ware plates representing New England industries, produced by Josiah Wedgwood & Sons in 1952.

Dates: 1949-1953

Mary Leighton Collection

 Collection
Call Number: MSS 16
Abstract:

The collection comprises ten original sketchbooks, albums, and scrapbooks compiled by Mary Leighton and her children, 1824-1860.

Dates: 1824-1860

Charles Robert Leslie Collection

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Call Number: MSS 15
Abstract:

The collection comprises sketchbooks, writings, and correspondence by Charles Robert Leslie (1794-1859) and his family.

Dates: circa 1812-1900

Fred Mallender Collection of British Commonwealth postage stamps

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Call Number: MSS 1
Abstract:

Consists of about 40,000 postage stamps from countries or territories of the British Commonwealth, from 1937-1992, collected by Fred Mallender.

Dates: 1937-1992

Keith Marshall collection of photographs

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Call Number: MSS 12
Abstract:

The collection comprises 147 photographs from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with representative images of Great Britain, South Africa, New Zealand, Madeira, East Asia, and other locations (many unidentified).

Dates: circa 1880-circa 1920

John McHale archive

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Call Number: MSS 60
Abstract:

The collection comprises collage books, collages, drawings, palettes, and posters by John McHale, with related printed material, including catalogs, periodicals, ephemera, and small posters.

Dates: ca. 1950-1978.

Paul Mellon collection of British artists' correspondence

 Collection
Call Number: MSS 84
Abstract:

The collection comprises correspondence by British artists, collected by Paul Mellon.

Dates: 1767-1917