Elwes, Simon, 1902-1975 (painter)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1902 - 1975
Biography
Simon Elwes (1902-75), painter
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
File
Correspondence from Simon Elwes, 20 Jan. 1930-26 Jan. 1950 (Circa, no years specified)
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9225/5/70-71
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Comprises correspondence and papers of Mary Hope Allen, as well as correspondence of her grandfather Robin Allen (1820-98), Secretary of Trinity House and a poet and critic, and of her father, Sir Ernest King Allen (1864-1937), Assistant Public Trustee 1915-23. Robin Allen's correspondents include 19th century
politicians, artists, poets and critics such as W.E. Gladstone, Thomas Hardy, Lord Leighton, John Ruskin, Lord Tennyson, Arnold Toynbee and Mrs. Humphry Ward. There is a collection of...
Dates:
20 Jan. 1930-26 Jan. 1950 (Circa, no years specified)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).