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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 246 Collections and/or Records:

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Sketches of Stisted, 1858

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/EMF/23/4
Scope and Contents

Six watercolour sketches of Stisted scenes, possibly by A. Godfrey, and an envelope inscribed by Laura Mary Forster.
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Dates: 1858
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Sketches of the heads of J.M. Keynes and Christabel Aberconway, 1920 - 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/JMK/PP/94/259
Scope and Contents

Modern reprints, made 1980s, of sketches by Augustus John drawn on either side of a paper picnic plate. (Sleeve 251)

Dates: 1920 - 1929
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Sylvester Harding watercolours commissioned by Sir Busick Harwood, 1790 - 1952

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Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/HAR/4
Scope and Contents Miniatures of members of Cambridge University, 1790s, formerly mounted in a large volume but removed and remounted on individual pages following conservation work in 2013. The portraits have original annotations on their reverse, with details of the name and College of the sitter and, often, the date of the painting. This information was then used to create captions underneath each on the original mounts in the volume and has been copied across to the new conservation mounts. Portraits...
Dates: 1790 - 1952
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Some records series are subject to confidentiality restrictions with the following closure periods: 30 years from date of creation for general administration files, legal records and financial files; 50 years from date of creation for governmental records, including papers of the College Governing Body and College Council, and constituent committees; 100 years from date of creation for personal and personnel records, including tutorial files, staff and fellows files and appointment records, personal finance and pension records. In addition sensitive correspondence and papers concerning College affairs such as disputes and disciplinary matters are closed for 100 years. Restrictions apply on some personal and private papers.
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The head of Jose Martinez

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/EMF/27/912
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a drawing by Paul Cadmus of the head of Jose Martinez, looking to the left. Print, 21.2 x 18.9. Inscribed on back, by E.M. Forster, 'Pete by Paul Cadmus'. (Sleeve 386)

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The library at Battersea Rise, 1825

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/EMF/27/119
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a drawing by Henrietta Thornton showing the Library, Battersea Rise House, with Nurse Hunter and the assembled Thornton family. Taken at Battersea. Print, 19.5 x 13.2. (Sleeve 49)

Dates: 1825
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The Lifeboat that Stayed Ashore, 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/JMK/PP/94/367
Scope and Contents

Framed copy of a political cartoon by David Low published in the Evening Standard. It depicts the 'Whitehall Lifeboat' with Winston Churchill aboard holding a sign reading 'Safety First', mired on a beach labelled 'Treasury Dogma', with Keynes and Lloyd George failing to push a lifeboat out to a sinking ship labelled 'Unemployment Wreck'. (Oversize)

Dates: 1929
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'The Nap', 1952

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/EMF/27/923
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a drawing by Paul Cadmus entitled 'The Nap', showing a naked young man asleep on a double bed. Print, 22.4 x 18.5. Inscribed on back, by Paul Cadmus, 'The Nap 1952'. (Sleeve 397)

Dates: 1952
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The Oval Library at Battersea Rise

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/EMF/27/120
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a drawing of Henry Thornton's Oval Library at Battersea Rise House, designed by William Pitt the Younger. Taken at Battersea, looking towards the garden. Print, 18 x 15. (Sleeve 49)

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The Oval Library at Battersea Rise

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/EMF/27/960-1
Scope and Contents

Drawing of Henry Thornton's Oval Library at Battersea Rise House, designed by William Pitt the Younger. Taken at Battersea, looking towards the garden. Two copies mounted on card, 34.9 x 24.5 (illustration 29.3 x 24.5). (Oversize)

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The Rev. Charles Forster and family in mourning, 1874-01-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/EMF/27/943
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Drawing by G. Richmond of Rev. Charles Forster with his wife, Laura and two sons, William and Edward, mourning the death of James William Doane ['Doanie'] in 1857. Pencil and watercolour, 34.7 x 28.9. Inscribed on back of mount, in unidentified hand, with names and 'A sketch from memory / by G. Richmond R.A. after / Doanie's death in 1857'. (Oversize)

Dates: 1874-01-12
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The Theatre, Lancaster Gate, Lewes, 1936-07-21

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/JMK/PP/82
Scope and Contents

This file comprises floor plans and sections of proposed additions by the architects Wratten and Godfrey. Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch.

Dates: 1936-07-21
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'The Tower', 1961

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/EMF/27/927
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a drawing by Paul Cadmus entitled 'The Tower'. Print, 25.3 x 14.4. Inscribed on back, by Paul Cadmus, 'The Tower (1961) P.C.'. (Sleeve 401)

Dates: 1961
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'The Tower' (detail), 1961

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/EMF/27/928
Scope and Contents

Photograph of detail of 'The Tower'. Print, 25.3 x 20.5. Inscribed on back, by Paul Cadmus, 'The Tower (detail) bad photo. values all wrong'. (Sleeve 402)

Dates: 1961
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'The Tower' (detail), 1961

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/EMF/27/929
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a different detail of 'The Tower'. Print, 25.3 x 20.5. Inscribed on back, by Paul Cadmus, 'The Tower (detail)'. (Sleeve 403)

Dates: 1961
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Theatrical figures, etc., 1910 - 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/REM/1/1/5
Scope and Contents

A sheet containing pen and watercolour sketches of four theatrical figures on the verso and two male figures on the recto.

Dates: 1910 - 1912
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'Things by the Way', 1946-02-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/GS/3/1
Scope and Contents

An autograph manuscript paper read on 5 Feb. 1946 to the Alpine Club, London, with watercolour illustrations. Covering climbing expeditions in the Alps, Canada, Colombia, Germany, and the Lake District. This file also includes several autograph letters, signed and typed letters, signed, from members of the Alpine Club expressing praise for his paper.

Dates: 1946-02-05
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Three figures sitting at two tables in a café, 1910 - 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/REM/1/1/22
Scope and Contents

A charcoal sketch of three figures, all wearing hats, with a soda syphon and bottle placed on each of two tables.

Dates: 1910 - 1912
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'To E.M. Forster', 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/EMF/27/906
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a drawing by Paul Cadmus, entitled 'To E.M. Forster'. A young woman wearing a dark blouse and trousers is lying on a rug on a sandy beach with a naked young man lying beside her. She is reading a book entitled 'To E.M. Forster' on the outer cover. Sepia print, 15.2 x 9. Inscribed on back, by Paul Cadmus, 'To E.M. Forster. 1943. Egg yolk tempera. 3 5/8" x 6 1/8". (Sleeve 380)

Dates: 1943
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Torso, and woman with right arm outstretched, 1910 - 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/REM/1/1/26
Scope and Contents

A sheet containing pencil and watercolour sketches of the torso of a man with a beard on the recto and a woman wearing a long dress with her right arm outstretched on the verso.

Dates: 1910 - 1912
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T.S. Eliot pointing at an oil portrait of himself, 1954

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/HB/PH/363
Scope and Contents

Oil portrait painted by P. Wyndham Lewis in 1938. Taken at Durban Art Gallery, Durban, South Africa. Print, 16 x 21.3. (Sleeve 109)

Dates: 1954
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: HB/M/21 is reserved (not available to researchers) under the Data Protection Act.
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Two collage pictures

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/LLK/7/25
Scope and Contents

Two pictures made from figures cut out of prints: 1 of a black male, the other a noble white female, both in 18th century dress.

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Two female figures sitting together, 1910 - 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/REM/1/1/27
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A watercolour sketch of a woman with long, dark hair sitting beneath the outstretched arm of another female figure.

Dates: 1910 - 1912
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Two small pencil sketches of male figures, 1915 - 1995

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Reference Code: GBR/0271/GCPP Cam 1/16
Scope and Contents

One shows head only, the other head and shoulders, both presumed to be drawn by HMC. No date. Also related note from S F C (Toby) Milsom of St John's College, Cambridge, 1995, suggesting that the head and shoulders sketch could be either HMC's father or a brother who was killed in World War I, and that the less finished sketch could be G J Turner or Harold Hazeltine (though both are unlikely).

Dates: 1915 - 1995
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Two women facing towards a lake, 1910 - 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/REM/1/1/3
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A charcoal sketch of one naked woman standing and one naked woman sitting, both beneath a tree and facing towards a lake.

Dates: 1910 - 1912