File 3/10 - Letters to Mavis Wheeler

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3/10

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Letters to Mavis Wheeler

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  • [1968x1995] (Creation)

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1 bundle (1.5 cm.)

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Mavis Wright (1908-1970) first met the artist Augustus John in 1928. She married his friend Horace de Vere Cole (1881-1936) in 1931 but continued to model for John and became his mistress. On 16 March 1935 she gave birth to Tristan de Vere Cole, who was most likely John's son. In 1939 Mavis married the archaeologist Mortimer Wheeler (1890-1976), divorcing in 1943. In July 1954 she was arrested, having apparently shot and seriously wounded her then lover Tony Vivian, 5th Baron Vivian. She served a six-month prison sentence for unlawful and malicious wounding. She died on 14 October 1970.

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The file comprises photocopies of letters written by Augustus John, [1935]-1961, to his mistress Mavis Wheeler, together with a letter from her to Poppet, [?1936].

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Preferred citation: 3/10

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vtls004297236

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(WlAbNL)0000297236

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  • Text: 3/10 (9).