Scope and Contents A portfolio containing caricature drawings, mostly on detail paper, produced by the Spitting Image Workshop, as part of their work for the British satirical television series, Spitting Image. The contents of this portfolio have been subdivided into the following three bundles: UK female entertainment; UK male entertainment; and UK male entertainment - music. Some of these drawings have been produced as part of other activities undertaken by Spitting Image...

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Hassall died intestate. His working papers were taken to the Royal Society of Literature by his assistant Gillian Paterson, who arranged and (presumably) listed them. They were bought by CUL from Bloomsbury Book Auctions in 1992. They were housed in paper box files 1 25 and cartons A D, as listed. They have now been re boxed, in 28 boxes and one packet, which has involved some reorganisation of the material and hence some rearrangement and re numbering of the original list.

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A file containing material relating to the publication, Spitting Images. The following are present: a paperback copy of the British version of the book, published by Century Hutchinson Limited; a cover proof for the British version; a paperback copy of the American version of the book, published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich; and contracts for Ben Elton and Heathcote Williams, as additional writers for the publication.

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Hassall died intestate. His working papers were taken to the Royal Society of Literature by his assistant Gillian Paterson, who arranged and (presumably) listed them. They were bought by CUL from Bloomsbury Book Auctions in 1992. They were housed in paper box files 1 25 and cartons A D, as listed. They have now been re boxed, in 28 boxes and one packet, which has involved some reorganisation of the material and hence some rearrangement and re numbering of the original list.

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1 autograph letter signed.

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7 typed letters signed.

Scope and Contents 35mm photographic slides and 63mm transparencies, along with a small amount of photographs and negatives, which relate to the three Spitting Image special episodes made for the American television network, NBC, between 1986 and 1987.The following are present, and their accompanying number corresponds to their file reference number within this sub-series:1. A folder with items for Down and Out in the White House, aired...

Scope and Contents From the File: In 1955 Lord Taylour photographs various locations in England, France, Italy, Sicily and Greece, including Hever Castle, Paris, Rome, Monreale, Siracusa, Athens, Venice, Stratford-on-Avon and Cambridge colleges. This is a varied album, comprising of images of ancient Greek and Roman architectural sites and artwork, castles, churches and cathedrals, views of streets, Renaissance art, and landscapes, as well slides of Cambridge colleges and a fantastic image of Laurence Olivier and Vivien...

Scope and Contents A box holding an assortment of mainly black and white photographs, which feature images of pencil and plasticine model illustrations produced by Roger Law. These images were published in various magazines and newspapers, along with featuring on the cover and interior of books. There are both single photographs and sets of images. The material present is labelled or in packaging labelled with their original reference numbers (i.e. RL/Pre-/number), which can be used to search the record forms...

Scope and Contents Three boxes containing 35mm and 62mm colour photographic transparencies and slides, along with a small amount of negatives and contact prints. The majority of these items feature images of Roger Law's plasticine model illustrations, used in various publications, from the late 1960s to the mid-1970s. However, there are also images relating to Law's and Peter Cook's Almost the End column in The Observer Weekend Review, c 1962; a...

Scope and Contents Numerous plastic sleeves holding 63mm photographic transparencies and 35mm slides, along with a small amount of photographs and negatives, which feature images of puppet illustrations made for both the British and American versions of the Spitting Image Productions Limited merchandise publication, Spitting Images. These photographic images were produced by John Lawrence Jones.The sleeves are labelled with the following information: the subject(s) of the...