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MS 1999/4/4

1900-1999

The series primarily contains photographs of furniture and artworks. There are also photographs of textiles and architecture. Also included are some photographic negatives. The series includes photographs relating to the building of Bailiffscourt, a medieval style house, designed by Amyas Phillips. He was an architectect as well as an antiques dealer.

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MS 1999/4/4/27

c.1998

The file contains photographs of wooden cabinets and a commode. There are also photographs of campaign furniture including collapsible chairs and a foldout bed. There is a piece of card with the number 2/7551 written on it and a torn label which mentions 'The trustees of the Olive, Countess" and "pices made by Wright and Elwick, alos famous...8 July 1998".

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MS 1999/4/4/28

c.1995

The file contains photographs of a travelling box, possibly a 'Woolwich' trunk with a typescript paper with the stock number 1/7344 explaining it's uses. There is also a photocopy showing a soldiers with a similar box and an index card. There are 9 photographs of an "invalid's chair" invented by J. Alderman. The photographs are accompanied by typescript papers with the stock number 1/7325 giving background information about the chair and its inventor.

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MS 1999/4/4/29

c.1960

The file contains a photograph of a cabinet with many small drawers. The dimensions are written on the reverse. There is also a small label.

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MS 1999/4/4/30

1910-1990

The file contains one group of photographs from the early 20th century showing furniture and one room interior. The room interior is labelled "Tufnell Park" on the reverse.

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MS 1999/4/4/31

1905

The file comprises two photographs. One is of a large sideboard. The other is of a 3 dimensional model of an unidentified room. The model is lying flat.

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MS 1999/4/4/32

1920s

Postcard showing Dowles Cottages, Bewdley. There is an inscription on the back which starts "R. C. Hamlen c/o F. P. Royce".

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MS 2267/2/3/6

c.1984 - 1986

This file contains artworks produced during the creation of the film "Crops and Robbers" It contains a complete sample which shows use of cel with collage, paper and printed copies of images in publications then hand-coloured etc. – developed style partly influenced by Milena joining the workshop and maybe also TW’s trip to Women’s Film Festival in Amsterdam – exploring more possibilities for the art/techniques in Workshop’s films? Example of a cel stack, etc.

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INDEX/LETTERS/33505

30 May 1891 - 17 Oct 1893

Contains three letters from Mary Cowden Clarke to Lilian Hughes, and one letter to Charles Hughes. Letter dated 30 May 1881 from Cowden Clarke to Lilian Hughes discusses Lilian Hughes' book 'Off the Reel', containing 'Hearts of Oak' and 'New Friends'. Letter dated 10 Feb 1882 from Cowden Clarke to Lilian Hughes mentions visits from Hughes' relatives: her Uncle Edward John Broadfield and her brother Alfred Hughes. Also discusses Sir Thomas Lawrence's painting of Mrs Siddons. Letter dated 27 Oct 1882. Cowden Clarke thanks Lilian Hughes for sending her photo-portrait. Discusses Hughes' recent betrothal and Cowden-Clarkes' views on marriage.

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INDEX/BCMSV/3410 1

1624 ?

Elegiac epitaph or tombstone inscription lamenting the deaths of Henry Wriothesley, Earl of Southampton, and his son James, Lord Wriothesley, in the Low Countries in 1624, as if spoken by their tomb. Cf. BCMSV 3408, 3409, 3410.

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INDEX/BCMSV/3502 1

172- ?

Comic love song included within the long hudibrastic satire "Sir Fantastick" (BCMSV 3502). At end, "T.F." (?).

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INDEX/BCMSV/3827 1

16--

Describing the meeting of Pallas and the Muses at the fountain created by Pegasus; from Ovid's Metamorphoses, V.