- NLW MS 22294B.
- File
- ca. 1910 /
Part of Gwen John manuscripts
Extracts, c. 1910, copied by Gwen John from a draft of Rodin's Les Cathédrales de France (1914), together with exercises in French translation.
Part of Gwen John manuscripts
Extracts, c. 1910, copied by Gwen John from a draft of Rodin's Les Cathédrales de France (1914), together with exercises in French translation.
Part of Gwen John manuscripts
Extracts, 1911-1919, by Gwen John, copied from various authors, mostly religious or philosophical.
Papers and correspondence, 1880-1972, of or relating to the artist Gwen John and including letters and diaries, exercise books and other notebooks, and sketches; together with correspondence and other papers relating to the estate of Gwen John, and photographs found amongst her papers after her death.
John, Gwen, 1876-1939
Part of Gwen John manuscripts
Papers, 1927-72, relating to the administration of the estates of various members of the John family, notably that of Gwen John, including an agreement, 1927, for the purchase by her of property at 8 rue Babie, Meudon, and executors' accounts and correspondence of her executor, Edwin John, concerning damage and losses incurred at the property during the Second World War, together with rate receipts and a plan of the property. Also included are copy wills of Edwin William John (d. 1938), Augustus John (d. 1961) and Dorelia McNeill (d. 1969), with related accounts, legal papers and correspondence, and fifteen letters, 1966-7, from Admiral Sir Caspar John to Edwin John, relating to the estate of Augustus John.
Part of Gwen John manuscripts
Forty photographs, 1880s-?1930s, formerly in the possession of Edwin John, more than half of which originally belonged to Gwen John and represent friends and models; the remainder, which represent members of the John and Nettleship families, could derive either from Gwen John's estate or that of Augustus John. Also included are prints made from negatives of the same provenance.
Part of Gwen John manuscripts
Some fifty letters, 1934-1961, to Edwin John from various correspondents, including over forty letters from his father, Augustus John, relating mainly to the estate of Gwen John and the disposal of her works after her death but also containing personal news and comments; and four letters, 1948-1949, from Madame Louise Roche, Gwen John's nearest neighbour in Meudon, together with manuscript and typescript recollections of Gwen John by Madame Roche.
John, Augustus, 1878-1961
Part of Gwen John manuscripts
Over a hundred letters, 1934-1956, addressed to Edwin John, nephew of Gwen John, from various correspondents (surnames B-J), including his father, Augustus John (48) 1938-1956, and other members of the John family; many of the letters are concerned with the 1946 Gwen John memorial exhibition.
John, Augustus, 1878-1961
Part of Gwen John manuscripts
Some sixty letters, 1928-1953, to Edwin John from various correspondents (surnames K-W), including Dorelia McNeill (6) 1938-1945.
John, Edwin
Part of Gwen John manuscripts
Over a hundred letters, 1906-1938, to Gwen John from various correspondents (surnames A-B), including Chloe Boughton-Leigh (64) ?1907-1938, and Grilda Boughton-Leigh (9) 1906-c. 1932.
Part of Gwen John manuscripts
Some sixty-five letters, 1904-1938, to Gwen John from various correspondents (surnames B-J), including Tom Burns (4) 1927-1929, Father Martin D'Arcy (1) 1933, Jeanne Robert Foster (13) [1920]-1925, Maud Gonne (1) 1915, and Augustus John (27) 1904-1938.
John, Augustus, 1878-1961
Part of Gwen John manuscripts
Some one hundred and ten letters, 1903-1939, to Gwen John from various correspondents (surnames J-L), including Ida John (née Nettleship) (11) [1903]-1904, and members of the John family.
Nettleship, Ida
Part of Gwen John manuscripts
Some one hundred and fifteen letters, 1903-1939, to Gwen John from various correspondents (surnames L-P), including Mary Constance Lloyd (6) 1906-[1930], Dorelia McNeill (38) c. 1903-1939, and Véra Oumançoff (9) ?1927-[1928].
Lloyd, Mary Constance
Part of Gwen John manuscripts
Some fifty letters, 1908-1932, to Gwen John from various correspondents (surnames Q-R), including John Quinn (38) 1911-1924 (together with typescript copies of four replies from Gwen John, 1911-1923), and Rainer Maria Rilke (4) 1908-1914.
Part of Gwen John manuscripts
Some seventy letters, 1907-1939, to Gwen John from various correspondents (surnames R-W), including Arthur Symons (7) 1919-1920, and Ursula Tyrwhitt (31) [1907]-1939, together with a few business letters and papers, and six letters addressed to various correspondents, 1902-1926, mostly from Ida John.
Part of Gwen John manuscripts
Miscellaneous papers, 1910s-1930s, including postcards and reproductions of paintings, formerly in the possession of Gwen John.
Part of Gwen John manuscripts
Notepad, 1928, containing draft letters to Véra Oumanҫoff from Gwen John, together with personal notes and religious reflections, mainly in French.
Part of Gwen John manuscripts
Notebook, [?1920s]-[1930s], containing notes on pictures in the Prado, National Gallery, and elsewhere, together with miscellaneous notes by Edwin John and in various hands.
John, Edwin
Part of Gwen John manuscripts
Notepad, 1927, of Gwen John containing personal reflections, mainly in the form of draft letters to Vera Oumancoff.
Part of Gwen John manuscripts
Notebook, c. 1927-1930, containing draft letters, in French, from Gwen John to Véra Oumanҫoff, together with extracts from Hogarth's Analysis of Beauty, translated into French.
Part of Gwen John manuscripts
Notebook, 1928-1929, containing personal reflections in the form of draft letters from Gwen John, in French to Véra Oumanҫoff, and in English to Tom Burns.