Amsden, Deirdre, b 1941 (Artist)
Person
Dates
- Existence: b 1941
Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:
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A Nasty Piece of Work: The Art and Graft of Spitting Image, 1960- c1968, 1992
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/4/5/7
Scope and Contents
A box containing four sub-files, which hold photographic material connected to the Roger Law/Spitting Image Productions Limited book, A Nasty Piece of Work: The Art and Graft of Spitting Image, which was published in November 1992. The following are present:1. A bundle of four black and white photographs from the 1960s: a photo of Roger Law, Peter Fluck, Deirdre Amsden and others by the Scarborough shore, 1960; a group photo of the aforementioned with...
Dates:
1960- c1968; 1992
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Australia Trips, 1994 - 1996, 1997 - 1999
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/7/3/3/2
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A box containing two sub-files, which hold material relating to two trips made by Roger Law to Australia. The first sub-file relates to Law's attendance and participation at the IDEAS Student Design Conference, held in Melbourne in April 1995. There is also post-conference material, such as thank you letters and other items.The second sub-file concerns Roger Law's, along with his wife Deirdre Amsden's, tour of the country, between September and November 1996. There were multiple...
Dates:
1994 - 1996; 1997 - 1999
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Brittany Letters, 1959
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/1/1/3/3
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A file containing two manuscript letters: one from Deirdre Amsden to her parents, and the other from Roger Law to his parents and brother. Both of these letters were sent while the couple were holidaying in Brittany with Richard Fletcher and his family. Amsden informs her parents that they are staying with the Fletchers for another week, before providing an account of their activities and a description of the house they are staying in. Law gives details on a sailing trip, a visit to an art...
Dates:
1959
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Cairo Studios Tiles, 1993-c 1995
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/13/5
Scope and Contents
A file of correspondence, artwork samples and designs relating to the manufacture of ceramic tiles for the decoration of the main entrance steps to Spitting Image Productions Limited's Cairo Studios premises, which the company relocated to in the summer of 1994. The majority of correspondence in the file are from the company, Pamela Moreton Ceramics, and mostly cover the design and test firing of the ceramic tiles.Also present within the file is a random statement from solicitors,...
Dates:
1993-c 1995
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Cartoon Art Trust Awards, 1998
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/12/8
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A file containing a letter, ephemera and a speech transcript for the 1998 Cartoon Trust Awards, which was held at The Royal Institution of Great Britain, London, on 25 November 1998. At this event, Roger Law and Peter Fluck were presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award. As Law was living in Australia at that time, his wife, Deirdre Amsden, read out a prepared written speech in his absence.The letter informs Law and Fluck that they are the recipients of the award and invites...
Dates:
1998
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Ffobia, 1959 - 1960
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/1/2/2/1/3
Scope and Contents
A file containing three issues of the Cambridge University student magazine, Ffobia, which feature illustrations by Roger Law, Deirdre Amsden and Peter Fluck. The following items are present: 1. Autumn 1959 (Vol. 1, No. 1) - pages 18-20 contain illustrations by Law and Amsden, and page 28 has an illustration by Fluck.2. Spring 1960 (Vol. 1, No. 2) - illustrations by Law.3. Autumn 1960 (Vol. 2, No. 2) - Cover by Law and Amsden (the...
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Publication: 1959 - 1960
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Granta, 1961 - 1964
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/1/2/2/1/4
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A file containing six issues of the Cambridge University student magazine, Granta. Roger Law and Deirdre Amsden were art directors for some of the issues, along with providing illustrations to accompany articles, etc. The following items are present:1. May 1961 (Vol. LXIV, No. 1209) - Law's first issue as art director; there is also a small print design by him, accompanying the poem, Autumn, by Michael Grant...
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Publication: 1961 - 1964
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Letters from Julian Allen and Joan Steiner to Roger Law and Deirdre Amsden, 1974
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/1/1/3/4
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A file containing two manuscript letters: one from British illustrator, Julian Allen, and the other from his partner, Joan Steiner; sent together from the United States during the Thanksgiving season. Allen's letter is addressed to both Roger Law and Deirdre Amsden, and also Peter Fluck and his wife Ann, and includes some of the following topics: plans for Christmas; a story about individuals taking money from an intelligence agency; Muhammad Ali's The Rumble in the...
Dates:
1974
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Man & Motor: The 20th Century Love Affair, 1966
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/1/2/2/4/2
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A hardback copy of the book, Man & Motor: The 20th Century Love Affair, edited by Derek Jewell. Pages 106-107 feature an image of a model car, made by Deirdre Amsden, which accompanies a section on F. Scott Fitzgerald and his use of cars in his works. Page 115 features a pencil illustration, drawn by Roger Law, which accompanies the short story, A Simple Little Three-Car Trick, written by Ken W. Purdy (RL/Pre-/1030). There is an...
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Publication: 1966
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Portfolio 2, 1960 - 1973
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/1/2/1/1/2
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A portfolio holding an array of drawings, woodcut prints, proofs, posters, and other items; all of which contain artwork by or relate to Roger Law's activities with various publications, organisations and companies.The following items are present:1. A proof on newsprint paper of a woodcut print, which features an image of Winston Churchill and Sir Harold Nicolson. This image was used in The Sunday Times, as part of The War...
Dates:
1960 - 1973
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Portfolio 3, 1961 - 1972
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/1/2/1/1/3
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A portfolio holding an array of drawings, woodcut prints, proofs, photographic material, newspaper/magazine tearsheets and other items; all of which contain artwork or relate to artwork produced by Roger Law for various publications, organisations and companies.The following items are present:1. Three copies of a menu for the Humphrey Ridley Tomalin farewell dinner, which feature eight portraits printed from pencil drawings. The date of the dinner was the 24 February 1965...
Dates:
1961 - 1972
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Professional Correspondence, 1961 - 1975
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/1/2/7
Scope and Contents
Two boxes containing manuscript and typescript letters, memoranda and postcards addressed to Roger Law, along with a small amount of accompanying material, which mostly concern his professional activities and relationships between 1961 and 1975. There are also copies of letters and memoranda sent by Law to various individuals. Also present are a few letters addressed to Law's wife, Deirdre Amsden.The first box covers the years 1961 to 1969. Topics include, but are not limited to:...
Dates:
1961 - 1975
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Queen, 1962 - 1965
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/1/2/2/1/8
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A file containing one issue of the fortnightly magazine, Queen, along with tearsheets from a number of other issues from that publication; all of which contain illustrations by Roger Law. The following issue and tearsheets are present:1. Tearsheets from the 10 April 1962 issue, containing pages 77-80, which have the Sir Roy Welensky - The Whole Hog prints that illustrate the article, Where the Dark Waters...
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Publication: 1962 - 1965
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Roger Law Archive
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275
Dates:
c late 1940s-2024
Conditions Governing Access:
Access to the collection is restricted pending cataloguing. Researchers wishing to access the collection require permission from the Keeper of Archives and Modern Manuscripts and will need to sign a Data Release form. 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).
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Cambridge University Library
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Scripts, Photographs and other Items, 1946, 1954, 1962, 1967 - 1968, 1975
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/1/2/5/1
Scope and Contents
A box containing an open-reel film and four sub-files, relating to the puppet film, The Milkman: A Satire on Capitalism, along with other items connected to Roger Law's stay in the United States of America between 1967 and 1969. The following items are present: a 16mm open-reel film that contains a documentary on the making of the film, recorded by Jimmie Neidhardt; a file containing scripts, a shot breakdown, a rehearsal schedule, and other notes; a file with...
Dates:
1946; 1954; 1962; 1967 - 1968; 1975
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United States of America Trips, 1993 - 1995
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/7/3/3/1
Scope and Contents
A box containing four sub-files, which hold material relating to a number of business trips made by Roger Law and other personnel from Spitting Image Productions Limited to America. The first sub-file relates to a trip made by Law to present a lecture, Politically Incorrect: A Jaundiced History of Spitting Image, given at the New York School of Visual Arts, as part of a symposium, Modernism and Eclecticism, in February 1994. Business meetings were also arranged for Law, while in New York,...
Dates:
1993 - 1995
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