Paintings
Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:
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Catalogue of Pictures at Leigh Court, Bristol
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6327
Scope and Contents
A copy of a catalogue of the pictures at Leigh Court, Bristol, 83 folios. The copy was made by 'E. W.' (i.e. Edward Williams) from the original edition. There are 81 pictures, for each of which there is an etching and historical description. These are followed at fo. 68 by an alphabetical list of the painters of the pictures, in the same hand.
Dates:
1823
Conditions Governing Access:
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Churchill Heritage
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHHE
Scope and Contents
Photographs of paintings by Sir Winston Churchill. There is significant overlap in the paintings imaged in the two series.
Dates:
1916 - 1957
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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Copy of [part of] a letter from WSC to [Willy] Sax [WSC's paint supplier] about paints, 16 Oct 1946
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAQ/2/1/6/3
Scope and Contents
Thanking Sax for letters, discussing paints which WSC had ordered from Sax and WSC's use of tempera and oil paints, and requesting a description of glycerine which could be used to stop colours drying up on a palette.
Dates:
16 Oct 1946
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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Illustrated Souvenir of Palace of Arts British Empire Exhibition, 1924
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/4/3
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Colonial Office papers, on subjects including: LSA's appointment as Secretary of State; speeches relating to the Empire; LSA's Empire Tour of 1927-28; a claim against the Canadian Government over the contract to build the Georgian Bay Canal; the administration of central and eastern Africa; other issues such as the trade outlook, pension policy and the General Strike.
Dates:
1924
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Items handed over by Martin Freeth after decease of his father, Andrew Freeth, RA, 1936 - 1982
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 1/6/25
Scope and Contents
Drawings and prints of portraits of JEP by Freeth.
Also includes: drawings by JEP; press cuttings on JEP; letters from JEP to Freeth, 1963-74; transcript of JEP's BBC talk on Jesus, March 1975; photographs of JEP and of Freeth in his studio.
Dates:
1936 - 1982
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Please see individual files for details.
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Personal: Business: Christmas cards featuring reproductions of paintings by WSC and correspondence with Joyce Hall and Mr Hall (Hall Brothers Incorporated, New York) relating to reproductions of WSC's paintings featuring on Hallmark Christmas cards, c.1947-c.1960
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAQ/2/1/7
Scope and Contents
Comprising: correspondence and draft correspondence between WSC and Joyce Hall and Mr Hall (Hall Brothers Incorporated, New York) relating to reproductions of WSC's paintings featuring on Hallmark Christmas cards (1950 and 1955); Hallmark Christmas cards featuring reproductions of paintings by WSC (undated); and Christmas cards printed by the Soho Gallery (London) featuring reproductions of paintings by WSC (and pre-printed with a message from WSC and CSC) (undated).
Dates:
c.1947-c.1960
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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Personal correspondence, 1989-03-01 - 1992-01-06
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 1/1/41
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Professor Edward Kenney; Peter Ball, Bishop of Lewes; John Browne (3); Vernon Bogdanor [Reader in Government, Brasenose College, Oxford] on the selection of Alexander Douglas-Home [later Lord Home of the Hirsel] as Prime Minister (3); Julian Amery (2); Colonel Patrick Robinson, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (3); [Leslie] Michael Saunders Watson; Patrick Cormack on subjects including the portrait of JEP by Graham Jones (9); Graham Jones (3); James Ramsden; Andrew...
Dates:
1989-03-01 - 1992-01-06
Conditions Governing Access:
Folios 158-180 closed as they contain personal and confidential information on a living individual. Review 2013.
File
Personal correspondence, 1964-12-31 - 1971-09-17
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 1/1/17
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Anthony Barber, Chairman of the Conservative Party, on the distribution of JEP's speech [16 November 1968, on immigration] at Eastbourne [Sussex]; Edward Heath [Leader of the Conservative Party (2); 7th Lord Warwick [earlier Lord Brooke]; Sir Stanley Bell; Maurice Cowling, Fellow of Peterhouse College, Cambridge (2); Sir Tufton Beamish; Lord Chelmer [earlier Eric Edwards], Chairman of the Political Committee, Carlton Club; John Junor, Editor of the Sunday Express;...
Dates:
1964-12-31 - 1971-09-17
Conditions Governing Access:
Folios 27-28 closed until 2024 as they contain sensitive personal information about living individuals.
File
Personal: Photographs: Photographs of WSC painting and at Chartwell, c.1945-June 1949
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAQ/2/1/36
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Sub-Fonds:
Comprising original documents accumulated by Sir Winston Churchill, and subsequently acquired by Martin Gilbert, including personal papers; public and political papers; literary papers; speeches; and official papers.
Dates:
c.1945-June 1949
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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Personal: Reproduction and exhibition of paintings: Correspondence with Emery Reves, 3-10 Jan 1958
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAQ/2/1/4
Scope and Contents
Comprising correspondence relating to the reproduction of WSC's paintings in United States press to coincide with an exhibition of WSC's paintings at the [New York Metropolitan Museum of Art]. Includes discussion of rights for the reproductions in Look, Life and This Week.
Dates:
3-10 Jan 1958
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
File
Personal: Reproduction and exhibition of paintings: Hallmark: The Churchill Calendar, 1963
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAQ/2/1/5
Scope and Contents
Comprising a printed calendar containing reproductions of paintings and quotations by WSC. With an original envelope.
Dates:
1963
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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Personal: Reproduction and exhibition of paintings: Letter from CSC to WSC, 25 Oct and 8 Nov 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAQ/2/1/2
Scope and Contents
Asking WSC to donate a painting to an auction at Christie's to raise funds for the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA), stating Captain [Oswald] Birley would donate a commission by himself, and that Mrs [Rhoda] Birley was organising the auction.
Annotated that the "Blue Drawing Room at Trent Park" by WSC, which had been exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1948, had been donated to the YWCA (8 Nov 1948).
Dates:
25 Oct and 8 Nov 1948
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
File
Personal: Reproduction and exhibition of paintings: Royal Academy annual exhibition, 1957 - 1958
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAQ/2/1/3
Scope and Contents
Comprising three copies of a list of WSC's paintings which had been exhibited in the Royal Academy, from 1947-1957.
Dates:
1957 - 1958
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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Photograph of a portrait of WSC as MP for Oldham [by George William Fish], 1900-08 - 1947-08
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRDW V 3/10/1c
Scope and Contents
Half length photograph of a portrait of WSC sitting at his desk, in an ornately carved chair [which was a family heirloom, though the print is too dark to make it out clearly]. He is directly facing the painter, unsmiling, his right arm resting on a heap of papers on the desk in front of him, with his signet ring clearly visible. WSC is wearing a dark jacket and waistcoat with a wing collar and spotted bow tie; there are various ornaments on the desk, including a metal or glass vase and a...
Dates:
1900-08 - 1947-08
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
Digital copies are available, to protect the fragile original
Item
Photograph of WSC painting [in Marrakesh, Morocco], Undated [1935 or c.1948]
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAQ/2/1/39/5
Scope and Contents
Black and white photograph.
Dates:
Undated [1935 or c.1948]
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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Photograph of [WSC's painting studio at Chartwell] showing paints, photographs and canvasses, c.1940's
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAQ/2/1/35/2
Scope and Contents
Black and white photograph stamped "E. G. Malindine, Illustrated Copyright".
Dates:
c.1940's
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
Item
Photographs of WSC painting at "Bab Doukala" [Bab Doukkala, Marrakesh, Morocco], [Jan 1948]
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAQ/2/1/39/1-2
Scope and Contents
Black and white photographs.
Dates:
[Jan 1948]
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
Item
Photographs of WSC painting [in Marrakesh, Morocco], Undated [Jan 1948]
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAQ/2/1/39/3-4
Scope and Contents
Black and white photographs.
Dates:
Undated [Jan 1948]
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
Item
Royal Academy of Arts exhibition of WSC's paintings, 2 Apr 1954 and one item undated [c.1954]
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAQ/2/2/69/63-64
Scope and Contents
Comprising a list of WSC's paintings exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts yearly from 1947-1954; and a letter from Gerald Kelly (President, Royal Academy of Arts) to WSC requesting paintings for exhibition particularly one of Cap d'Ail and "Near Venice".
Dates:
2 Apr 1954 and one item undated [c.1954]
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill
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Acquired papers relating to Sir Winston Churchill
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Acquired papers relating to Sir Winston Churchill, after the end of his first term as Prime Minister
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Public and Political: General
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Public and Political: General: Patronage
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Sir Richard Colt Hoare: Notes on paintings in Italy
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4155
Scope and Contents
Manuscript in the Sandars Collection. Two notebooks on paintings in Italy, bound together. I. Notes on paintings and other works of art in Rome (fos 1-62). The main description is on the rectos, the versos are generally occupied by additional notes. An entry on fo. 29 is dated 17 January 1787. II. Similar notes for Florence, Bologna and other towns in Northern Italy (fos 63-162). Fos 85-112, 158-162 and many of the versos are blank.
Dates:
1787 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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"The Prime Minister receives the Freedom of the City of London at the Guildhall", 1943-06-30 - 1944-11-30
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRDW V 3/5/74
Scope and Contents
Black and white photograph of a painting by Frank Salisbury, showing the Chamberlain of the City, Sir Adrian Pollock, handing a casket containing the Certificate of Freedom [the casket was made from damaged roof timbers from the Guildhall] to WSC. They are standing beside a table bearing the City mace and sword, while the Lord Mayor, Sir Samuel Joseph, stands beside WSC, with one hand resting on the table. Rows of City dignitaries are sitting in the background, and to the right are sitting...
Dates:
1943-06-30 - 1944-11-30
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
Digital copies are available, to protect the fragile original
File
William Henry Playfair: Memoranda
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6305
Scope and Contents
The volume contains notes on bridge construction and on watercolour painting (fos 2-12); a journal of an excursion from Edinburgh to Arran and back, 1-9 May 1811, with notes of expenses (fos 13-20 and 44r-43r); undated notes of other travelling expenses (fo. 47r); pencil sketches, one of a crane at Bell Rock Lighthouse (fos 47v and 45); and addresses of London tradesmen (fo. 42v). Fos 42-47 are entered from the back of the book. Fos 20v-42r are blank. Administrative / Biographical History
Dates:
1850 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
William Lewin: Paintings of British Birds' Eggs
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6300
Scope and Contents
A series of paintings of the eggs of British birds made from the specimens in the Portland museum, 97 folios. There is an index at fo. 91.
Dates:
1789-1798 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
William Smith (1756-1835) and family correspondence, journals and other papers
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7621
Scope and Contents
The larger part of the collection dates from the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, chronicling William Smith's personal and political career, as well as illustrating the lives of his wife Frances and their children. The collection includes letters from Smith's friends, among them Charles James Fox, William Wilberforce and Sir Francis Burdett. The papers also chronicle Smith's time in Paris in 1790, where he witnessed and recorded his reactions to the 14th July celebrations. The...
Dates:
1678-1951
Conditions Governing Access:
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library