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Letters and related papers of Augustus John and Dorelia McNeill, [?1912]-2017 (mostly [?1912]-1969), sent to, or collected by, Tristan de Vere Cole. The collection includes letters of Augustus John to Mavis de Vere Cole, 1934-1959, and to her son Tristan de Vere Cole, [1947]-1961, together with letters of Dorelia McNeill to Mavis de Vere Cole, [?1949]-1961, and to Tristan de Vere Cole, 1951-1968. Also included are letters addressed to, or sent by, Augustus and Dorelia John and other members of their family, [?1912]-1969, including several from Michael Holroyd, 1966-1969, together with miscellaneous items, 1928-[?1961], in the hand of Augustus John.

Correspondence with Augustus John concerning art and social matters.

Photocopies of annotated pages of Augustus John's Chiaroscuro (1952), presented to Ronald Storrs by the author, and annotated by Storrs.

The series comprises photocopies of letters, [1922]-1961, written by Augustus John to his wife, children and grandchildren and other family members, together with some letters to Augustus John, relating to family and professional business.

The series comprises photocopies of letters, mainly written by Augustus John to his friends and sitters relating to his artwork and family matters and also to works on him such as Lillian Browse, Augustus John Drawings (London, 1941) and David Cecil (ed.), Fifty-two Drawings (London, 1957).

Holograph letters (24) from Augustus John, 1932-1953 and n.d. to Miss B. Parry and Dr. Parry.

Ten letters, February 1960-April 1961, from the painter Augustus John, Fordingbridge, Hampshire, to the art collector [Emerich (Emo)] Telt[s]ch, mostly concerning John's work (ff. 1-3, 5-10, 13); together with one letter from Dorelia John to Teltsch, 19 August 1960 (f. 4), and one from the painter Jo[sette] Jones to Teltsch, [February 1961] (ff. 11-12).
The letters contain references to work on John's triptych 'Les Saintes-Maries de la Mer with Sainte Sara, l'Egyptienne' (ff. 3, 5-9, 13); Teltsch offered him up to £8000 for the work (see NLW MS 22786D, f. 68, and Michael Holroyd, Augustus John: The New Biography (London, 1996), p. 597). There are two letters, from John (f. 10) and Josette Jones (ff. 11-12), concerning John's apology for an ill-advised letter (not present) to Teltsch, criticizing drawings by Teltsch's God-child (unidentified).

Seven letters, 1955-1956, from Augustus John to Mrs Edith Saunders of the Hotel Santa Clara, Torremolinos, Spain, where the artist stayed from December 1954 to March 1955 (ff. 1-7 verso), together with one letter, 1955, from Dorelia McNeill to the same (f. 8); the letters contain mainly personal news and references to John painting a portrait of Mrs Saunders.

Typescript drafts and proofs of Augustus John's first volume of memoirs, Chiaroscuro: Fragments of Autobiography (London: Jonathan Cape, 1952), [1950]-1951; working manuscripts, typescripts and editorial correspondence relating to the follow-up volume, published posthumously under the title Finishing Touches (London: Jonathan Cape, 1964), [1950x1952]-[early 1960s]; and other miscellaneous autobiographical fragments, [c. 1950], [?1959].

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.