Spencer, Diana Frances, 1961 - 1997 (Princess of Wales, 1st wife of Charles, Prince of Wales)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1961 - 1997
Found in 33 Collections and/or Records:
File
Albums and Singles Vinyl Sleeve Covers, 1984 - 1990
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/4/6/1
Scope and Contents
A file holding photographic material that relates to some of the music singles and albums that Spitting Image Productions Limited released, between 1984 and 1990. All images appear to be puppet illustrations for use as artwork for vinyl covers and posters.There is a plastic sleeve with transparencies connected to the 1984 single, Da Do Run Ron (SI/496). This sleeve holds eight 63mm transparencies, six of which are mounted as slides. There is also two 35mm...
Dates:
1984 - 1990
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File
Caricatures Portfolio 1, c 1984-c 1996
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/1/2/1/3/1
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 four bundles: British sports figures; British media and establishment figures; members of the British royal family and the British religious establishment; and British female political figures.Also present are...
Dates:
c 1984-c 1996
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Item
Diana, Princess of Wales Eggcup Mould Set, 1982
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/4/1/5/1
Scope and Contents
Two plaster moulds for an eggcup that is made in the image of Diana, Princess of Wales, modelled by Luck & Flaw. Both moulds are for the external features of the eggcup, one for the front with Diana's face, and the other for the back with her hair. Each mould is comprised of three pieces.
Dates:
1982
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The collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Special Collections Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. Please see specific entries within the catalogue for any access restrictions present for particular files or items. For further details on conditions governing access please contact specialcollections@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).
Item
Diana, Princess of Wales Hand Puppet, c 1984-c 1994
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/1/1/1/9/2
Scope and Contents
A hand puppet in the representation of Diana, Princess of Wales (SI/584). The puppet has a painted fibreglass head and hands, and is wearing a red and green dress with faux jewellery. This puppet was used in the opening title sequence for the British satirical television show, Spitting Image.
Dates:
c 1984-c 1994
Conditions Governing Access:
Restricted. This item is currently unfit for production. Please contact repository.
Item
Diana, Princess of Wales Head Mould, c 1987-c 1988
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/3/1/1/1
Scope and Contents
A silicone (or perhaps rubber) mould that bears the resemblance of Diana, Princess of Wales. This mould was used to create one of the plastic heads that adorned the Diana and Prince Charles 'Sleeping Partners' slippers, produced by Linden Cards and Gifts Limited. The design of the mould was done by the Spitting Image Workshop artist, David Stoten.
Dates:
c 1987-c 1988
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Item
Diana, Princess of Wales Mould, c 1984-c 1996
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/1/1/2/1/2/2
Scope and Contents
A fibreglass mould for the Spitting Image puppet head of Diana, Princess of Wales (F186).
Dates:
c 1984-c 1996
Conditions Governing Access:
Part restricted. Access may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please seek guidance.
Piece
Diana, Princess of Wales Puppet, c late 1980s-c early 1990s
Piece
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/1/1/1/1/1
Scope and Contents
A large Spitting Image puppet of Diana, Princess of Wales (SI/1253). This particularly puppet appears to have been used in the series from the late 1980s onwards. The head is made from latex foam and has a wooden-framed body; it is held upright with a metal pole and stand.
Dates:
c late 1980s-c early 1990s
Conditions Governing Access:
Part restricted. Access may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please seek guidance.
File
File Bundle, 1987
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/3/8/4/1
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
1987
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File
General Advertisements and Posters, 1975-c 1983
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/2/2/1
Scope and Contents
A large portfolio containing a number of advertisements/posters for a variety of companies and organisations, which feature Luck & Flaw plasticine model illustrations and other work by the partnership. Also found within this portfolio are large photographs with illustrations, and photographic proofs for Clouded Tiger Cards postcards.The following are present:1. An advertisement proof for the Dutch advertising company, PPGH/Moussault, which has a representation of John...
Dates:
Publication: 1975-c 1983
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The collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Special Collections Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. Please see specific entries within the catalogue for any access restrictions present for particular files or items. For further details on conditions governing access please contact specialcollections@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).
Sub-Sub-Series
General Magazines and Journals, 1984 - 1997
Sub-Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/5/2/13
Scope and Contents
Issues and tearsheets for various British and International magazines, journals and other publications; which contain articles and/or images relating to either Spitting Image, Spitting Image Productions Limited and its various activities, Roger Law or Peter Fluck. In some cases, Spitting Image is merely mentioned in passing. The following items are present:1. Tearsheets from the 14 December 1985 (No. 25/26) issue of the Dutch...
Dates:
Publication: 1984 - 1997
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Sub-Series
General Transparencies, 1983 - 1997
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/4/3
Scope and Contents
Seven boxes with numerous sleeves of 63mm and 35mm photographic transparencies and slides, along with a small amount of photographs, which mostly feature images of Spitting Image puppets. These images were produced for a number of purposes, including use in external publications and corporate literature, and general use by the media. The images found in these transparencies were taken by John Lawrence Jones, Steve Bendelack, Andy de Emmony and other...
Dates:
1983 - 1997
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File
Goodbye!, 1992
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/3/8/7
Scope and Contents
A file containing a copy of the Spitting Image Productions Limited publication, Goodbye!, published by TMP Communications in 1992. This publication is a satirical take on the British celebrity news magazine, Hello!, and its contents focus mainly on the British royal family and its activities, particularly a scandal surrounding Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, and her financial advisor, John Bryan. The photographic images found on the...
Dates:
1992
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File
Goodbye!, 1992
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/4/6/2/6
Scope and Contents
A file holding numerous sleeves of photographic transparencies and 35mm slides, along with a small amount of photographs and negatives, which contain puppet illustrations featured in the Spitting Image Productions Limited merchandise publication, Goodbye!, published in 1992. The photographer of these images are unknown, and could be either John Lawrence Jones, Andy de Emmony, Steve Bendelack or another individual.The sleeves and other items are labelled...
Dates:
1992
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Piece
Hat for Diana, Princess of Wales Puppet, c late 1980s-c early 1990s
Piece
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/1/1/1/1/2
Scope and Contents
A blue, wide-brimmed hat with a floral pattern upon it, used as an accessory for the Diana, Princess of Wales Spitting Image puppet.
Dates:
c late 1980s-c early 1990s
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Item
Invoice Duplicate Book, 1982
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/4/2/5
Scope and Contents
A Gundulph invoice/statement duplicate book, which contains copies of invoices for orders of Luck & Flaw's Prince Charles [afterwards King Charles III]/Princess Diana/baby Prince William eggcup set. These orders were dealt with between 31 July and 25 September 1982. Some of the orders also include the purchase of the Margaret Thatcher teapot and other items.
Dates:
1982
Conditions Governing Access:
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The collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Special Collections Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. Please see specific entries within the catalogue for any access restrictions present for particular files or items. For further details on conditions governing access please contact specialcollections@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).
File
Key Rings, c late 1980s
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/4/6/9
Scope and Contents
A file holding photographic material connected to merchandise key rings, designed by Spitting Image Productions Limited (SI/452-460). These key rings are in the shape of the heads of various British politicians and royal family members, and international politicians. There are eight strips of 63mm colour transparencies that feature publicity shots, and there are four polaroids that hold images of what appears to be the silicone masters for some of the key rings.
Dates:
c late 1980s
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File
Large and Mounted Photographs, 1986-c early 2000s
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/4/7
Scope and Contents
A portfolio holding large and/or mounted photographs that feature mainly Spitting Image-related illustrations and images, either material connected to merchandise, external publications or other activities engaged in by Spitting Image Productions Limited. Some of the photographic prints are contemporaneous with when they were originally shot, and others are later reprints. The later reprints may be dated beyond the SIPL era (1983-1998).There is also a...
Dates:
1986-c early 2000s
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Sub-Series
Miscellaneous Items, 1979, 1985 - 1997
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/5/4
Scope and Contents
Published material produced by various organisations, the contents of which have some relation to either Spitting Image, Spitting Image Productions Limited or Roger Law. The following items are present, and their accompanying number corresponds to their item reference number within this sub-series:1. A blue album that contains tearsheets of magazine front covers, and examples of advert posters for Mannesmann Tally printers. These items feature...
Dates:
Publication: 1979; Publication: 1985 - 1997
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Sub-Sub-Series
Miscellaneous Magazines with Commissioned Work, 1975 - 1982
Sub-Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/2/3/12
Scope and Contents
An assortment of British and international magazines, along with tearsheets, which feature plasticine model illustrations by Luck & Flaw.The following are present:1. Issue November-December 1975 of the magazine, Drive, published by the British motoring association, The AA. Pages 16 to 22 feature illustrations that accompany an article about the MOT test. The photographic image was taken by Bob Cramp (L+F/90 (a)-(b)).2. Issue...
Dates:
Publication: 1975 - 1982
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The collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Special Collections Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. Please see specific entries within the catalogue for any access restrictions present for particular files or items. For further details on conditions governing access please contact specialcollections@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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Roger Law Archive
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Luck & Flaw
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Published Material
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Magazines
File
Newspapers and Newsprint Magazines, 1985 - 1995
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/5/1/2
Scope and Contents
Issues of and tearsheets from British and international newspapers and large newsprint magazines, which feature interviews with Roger Law and Peter Fluck, along with articles revolving around Spitting Image. There are also articles on the wider activities of Spitting Image Productions Limited. Also present are examples of Spitting Image puppets and other imagery being used to illustrate articles on British politics. The publications...
Dates:
1985 - 1995
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File
Newsweek, 1986
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/5/2/4
Scope and Contents
Two 1986 issues of the American weekly news magazine, Newsweek. The following issues are present:1. 27 January - page 11 has an article on Spitting Image, which is accompanied by an image of some of the British royal family puppets.2. 1 September - page 77 has an article on the Spitting Image NBC special episode, Down and Out in the White House. This article is...
Dates:
Publication: 1986
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File
Peter Fluck Working Drawings, c 1975-1983
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/1/1
Scope and Contents
A portfolio containing pencil and ink working drawings by Peter Fluck, along with one drawing by Roger Law, relating to plasticine model illustrations and ceramic ware produced by Luck & Flaw. These drawings feature caricatures of British and international politicians, members of the British royal family, and celebrities. The following drawings are present: 1. Rough drawings of hands and feet; c 1975 (L+F/280 (a)-(b)).2. A portrait of Prince Charles...
Dates:
c 1975-1983
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The collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Special Collections Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. Please see specific entries within the catalogue for any access restrictions present for particular files or items. For further details on conditions governing access please contact specialcollections@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).
Sub-Series
Photographs, c late 1960s-c early 1980s
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/3/1
Scope and Contents
An assortment of colour and black and white photographs, in a variety of sizes and formats, which feature Luck & Flaw plasticine model illustrations that were published in magazines and newspapers. There is also a scrapbook that holds polaroids with raw images of models produced by Roger Law, dating back to the late 1960s, prior to the partnership; the final few pages also hold such photographs of Luck & Flaw models. Also present is a set of 30 polaroids that document the making of...
Dates:
c late 1960s-c early 1980s
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Special Collections Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. Please see specific entries within the catalogue for any access restrictions present for particular files or items. For further details on conditions governing access please contact specialcollections@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).
File
Sleeping Partners Slippers, 1988
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/4/6/7
Scope and Contents
A file holding photographic material relating to Spitting Image Productions Limited's merchandise slippers, which were designed to look like beds and featured plastic heads of members of the British royal family, and American and British politicians, at the toe-ends of the shoes (SI/438-442). The majority of the file's contents are plastic sleeves with 63mm colour transparencies, but there are also contact prints and some photographs. These items feature publicity shots of the slippers,...
Dates:
1988
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File
Spitting Image First Series, 1984
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/4/4
Scope and Contents
A file holding photographic negatives, contact prints and 35mm slides featuring images of puppet portrait shots, and examples of puppeteering, from the first series of Spitting Image.
Plastic sleeves holding 35mm slides are labelled with their original reference numbers, SI/2090 and 2091. The other items in this file do not have 'SI' reference numbers. The photographer of these images is unknown.
Dates:
1984
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