The file comprises 'The ideal woman' by Michael Holroyd in the Buxton Festival programme, 1998, relating to Augustus John's painting 'The Smiling Woman' which features on the front cover, a photocopy of the typescript of the article and correspondence, 1998, regarding the event. The file also comprises Michael Holroyd's entry for the New Dictionary of National Biography, 1999, in the form of a proof with his corrections and Notes for contributors from Oxford University Press.