Scope and Contents A file holding four pieces of paper that feature pencil illustrations of British political and royal figures (RL/Pre-/1527 (a)-(d)), by Roger Law. The individuals depicted in the illustrations are: Richard Austen Butler; Winston Churchill, Hugh Gaitskell, Harold Macmillan, and Queen Consort Mary (of Teck). There are two separate portrait drawings of Churchill and Macmillan, and also a piece of paper that contains portraits of Churchill, Gaitskell and Macmillan. On the back of the latter,...

Scope and Contents A file containing two A5-sized school exercise books and one illustrated project book, relating to work undertaken by Roger Law while at Cambridge School of Art. The two exercise books are for English class, with one book labelled as being specifically for the General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level (GCE O-Level) studies. The exercise books contain both Law's written work and remarks by his teacher, and hold loose-leaf material. The illustrated project book (RL/Pre-/691) is about St....

Scope and Contents A file containing two manuscript letters received by Roger Law's mother, Winnie, relating to Law and the Cambridge School of Art/Cambridgeshire Technical College and School of Art. The first letter is from the tutor to the intermediate course at the school, H. Warrell, dated 29 March 1958, which informs Winnie of her son's progress and describes Law as 'a satisfactory student generally of about average capacity.' The second letter is from David Joseph, dated 23 December 1958, who appears to...

Scope and Contents A file containing drawings and a calligraphy item produced by Roger Law, while studying at the Cambridge School of Art. The following items are present: a piece of paper with a portrait in red pencil of a male, 'Marsden,' on one side and a drawing of a plant pot on the reverse side (RL/Pre-/869); a portrait of Law's father, George, in crayon (RL/Pre-/870); a self-portrait in pencil (RL/Pre-/871); a piece of paper with illustrations on both sides, known as 'Harvesting I' and 'Harvesting II,'...

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A piece of cloth that has a printed design by Roger Law. The print was produced while Law was studying at the Cambridge School of Art.

Scope and Contents A file containing a variety of party invitations, an advertisement card for a play, and a membership card; designed by Roger Law while studying at the Cambridge School of Art. The following items are present: a Christmas party ticket, which features the print design of a man and a dog both wearing saucepans as helmets (RL/Pre-/878); an advertisement card with a lino cut print design for a performance of Samuel Beckett's Krapp's Last Tape (RL/Pre-/879); an...

Scope and Contents A file containing photographic representations of four charcoal drawings that were done by Roger Law, while he and his wife, Deirdre Amsden, were on holiday in Brittany, France, with Richard Fletcher and his family, in 1959. The original charcoal drawings were destroyed in a fire. The file holds large black and white photographs and negatives. The following copies of drawings are present: a landscape of the Brittany coastline (RL/Pre-/880); a portrait of a Breton woman (RL/Pre-/889); another...