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GB 0064 DRW · Collection · [1815-1835]

Papers of Charles Ramsey Drinkwater Bethune comprising letters, written mainly by Bethune to his family, 1815 to 1835, and a number of watercolours.

Bethune , Charles Ramsey Drinkwater , 1802-1884 , Admiral
Burton, Esmond
GB 0096 MS 974 · Collection · c1955

Papers of Esmond Burton, c 1955, comprise seven plaster miniatures of working men and women prepared by sculptor Edmond Burton, relating to the bas-reliefs on the three frontages of Bentham House, residence of the Faculty of Laws at University College London. The buidling was originally the headquarters of the General and Municipal Workers' Union (now part of GMB), and was designed by Hubert Lidbetter. Fourteen black and white photographs of the bas-reliefs and construction of the building. Note that the right-hand figure in the 'group of five' photograph is Hubert Lidbetter.

Burton , Esmond , fl 1930-1955 , sculptor
GB 0064 CRJ · Collection · [1841-1961]

Papers of Dr Edward H Cree, including volumes one to twenty-one, 1937-1961, and comprises Cree's personal journals whilst serving at sea. The text is supplemented by circa seventeen hundred watercolours and sketches. The journals account details of his sea voyages, experience whilst in foreign lands, his impressions of people and places, his recollections amongst family and friends and writings concerning his life at home and with his wife. In addition to the illustrated journals are his 'rough journals' 1841, 1847, 1849, 1851-2 and 1854, his medical journal kept 1841-1847, journal notes (1837), sketchbook (1839), newspaper cuttings, service records and certificates and invitations. An index to the journals provides useful information on the vessels served on, the places visited and the illustrations within.

Cree , Edward Hodges , 1814- 1901 , physician
GB 1370 WIA, Leopold D Ettlinger · Collection · c 1948-1989

Papers of Leopold David Ettlinger, c 1948-1989, including personal documents, notebooks, notes, working papers for lectures, and correspondence. Topics covered include: Art and Theory of Art; German 16th Century Art; Italian Renaissance; Catalogue Raisonné of Pollaiuolo; Greek and Roman Gods; 19th Century Landscape Painting; Self-Portraits; Winckelmann and 'Wien und die Entwicklung der kunsthistorischen Methode'.

Ettlinger , Leopold David , 1913-1989 , art historian and curator
GB 0074 CLC/B/055-07 · Collection · 1890-1969

Records of the Fine Art and General Insurance Company Limited comprising Board minute books, Committee minute books and general meeting minute books.

They are held off-site and require 24 hours notice for access.

Fine Art and General Insurance Co Ltd
GOSDEN, Thomas (1780-1843)
GB 0074 CLC/250 · Collection · 1843

Watercolour drawings of the grave monuments of 'celebrated persons' in London, Middlesex, Surrey and Kent, by Thomas Gosden.

Gosden , Thomas , 1780-1843 , artist and illustrator
GB 0064 GOW · Collection · [1792-1801]

Papers of Sir Erasmus Gower, consisting of a log, 1792 to 1794, with one watercolour sketch; two volumes of 'Nautical Observations on a Voyage to China', illustrated with views of coasts and harbours; a letterbook, 1794 to 1798, and a signal notebook, 1801.

Gower , Sir , Erasmus , 1742-1814 , Knight , Admiral
GB 0074 CLC/251 · Collection · 1828-1851

Transcript of the manuscript history of the Princes of Wales, from the time of Edward of Caernarvon to the present sovereign of England, by George Perfect Harding, F.S.A., also a description of a series of illustrations to the manuscript history, 1828, with engravings of tombs, portraits, original drawings, and manuscript letters, 1828-51, from royal and distinguished personages.

Harding , George Perfect , 1779/80-1853 , miniature painter
GB 1556 WL 1299 · Collection · 1996

Notes on an interview with Rachel Whiteread about her proposed design of a concrete bunker to commemorate the Holocaust at the Judenplatz, Vienna by Ernst Eisenmayer.

Eisenmayer , Ernst , b 1900 , artist and sculptor
GB 1370 WIA, Herbert Horne · Collection · c 1883-1886

Papers of Herbert Horne, architect and art historian, c 1883-1886, including correspondence with Grace Parkinson and some correspondence with Aby Warburg. Topics covered include: Italian Renaissance Art: Botticelli, Uccello and Piero di Cosimo.

Horne , Herbert Percy , 1864-1916 , architect, art collector and art historian
KURZ, Hilde (1910-1981)
GB 1370 WIA, Hilde Kurz · Collection · c 1945-1968

Papers of Hilde Kurz, art historian, c 1945-1968, including working papers and draft for The Encyclopaedia of Painting. Topics covered include: Costume; Tapestries; Painting in Northern Europe.

Kurz , Hilde , 1910-1981 , née Schüller , art historian
KURZ, Otto (1908-1975)
GB 1370 WIA, Otto Kurz · Collection · c 1930-1975

Notes, working papers and correspondence of the art historian Otto Kurz, c 1930-1975. Topics covered include: the Baroque, notably the painters Guido Reni, Carracci; faked art; critical edition of Marco Polo's 'Description of the World'; Christian manuscripts; 'Die Legende vom Künstler' (Historiography); astrological manuscripts; Eastern astrology; cultural history of material goods; costume and Jewish Art.

Kurz , Otto , 1908-1975 , art historian and librarian
Masterpieces of Hogarth
GB 0096 MS1100 · Collection · c1800-1950

Masterpieces of Hogarth Scrapbook, c 1800-1950, contains cuttings of a majority of Hogarth's paintings and drawings.

Unknown
GB 0074 ACC/2683 · Collection · 1887-1893

Ledger and financial accounts of F. Meacci, piece moulder and figure maker, 1887-1893, recording work done in casting, painting, bronzing, squeezing in clay, casting in gelatine, and transport of sculptural works.

Meacci , F , fl 1887-1893 , piece moulder and figure maker
GB 1370 WIA, Charles Mitchell · Collection · c 1951-1986

Notebooks and working papers of the art historian Charles Mitchell, c 1951-1986, on topics including: Ciriaco d'Ancona; Tempio Malatestiano (Temple of the Planets, Rimini, Italy); Antiquarianism and 15th Century Italian Art.

Mitchell , Charles , 1912-1995 , art historian
GB 0064 OSB · Collection · 1853-1875

They consist of eleven log books, the first of which was written by Osborn as a Mate, with the rest by him as Master. Ranging between 1853 to 1875, they span the majority of Osborn's career at sea. As well as containing the standard information one would expect, ( bearings, weather details, journal entries, etc), the logs also contain nearly 100 drawings and sketches in ink, pencil and watercolour of various ships, coastline profiles, sea-birds, etc.

Osborn , Joseph , 1823-1907 , Captain
PUBLIC SCULPTURE
GB 0074 LMA/4218 · Collection · [1900-1999]

Collection of photographs of public sculptures including statues, reliefs, fountains and murals in locations including schools, housing estates and old people's homes.

Unknown.
GB 0074 ACC/3489 · Collection · 1891-2011

Records of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters, including minute books, agreements, rules, acceptances of membership, papers relating to annual dinners, press cuttings, and annual exhibiton catalogues. Please note that access to the collection is by written permission from the depositors only.

Royal Society of Portrait Painters
GB 0064 SMD · Collection · [1865-1904]

Papers of Arthur Hale Smith-Dorrien, comprising four volumes of watercolours, photographs, newscuttings and documents covering his career from his schooldays in 1865 until the end of his naval service, together with three volumes of caricatures and sketches.

Dorrien , Arthur Hale , Smith- , 1856-1933 , Rear-Admiral
WHYMPER, Edward (1840-1911)
GB 0402 EWH · Collection · 1871-1911

Papers of Edward Whymper, 1871-1911, including computations of heights in the Andes, 1880 and watercolour, 'View of Greenland'.

Whymper , Edward , 1840-1911 , wood engraver and mountaineer
WILSON, John (1811-1879)
GB 0402 JWI · Collection · 1839-1843

Log and private journal of John Wilson as ship's surgeon on the second voyage of the South Seas whaler GYPSY, 23 Oct 1839-19 Mar 1843 and portfolio of 23 watercolours, illustrating places named in the journal.

Wilson , John , 1811-1879 , ship's surgeon
WOODS, Ethel Gertrude
GB 0402 EGW · Collection · 1921-1985

Papers of Ethel Gertrude Woods, 1921-1985, including a typescript of 'Scenery, its nature and origin' (confused pagination, approx 350 pp), unpublished; 87 watercolour and black and white sketches and diagrams prepared by Miss K Chandler Thomson as illustrations; note on the author; covering letter from donor, William Skeat (nephew) and other correspondence concerning the MS with Dr Joby of the Open University, 1985.

Woods , Dr , Ethel Gertrude , 1865-1939 , née Skeat , geologist
GB 0074 CLC/L/PA · Collection · 1623-1973

Records of the Worshipful Company of Painter Stainers. Court minutes begin in 1623, freedom admission registers in 1658 and apprentice binding books in 1660. The records were compiled between 1623 and 1973, but they include deeds from 1423. Collection also includes financial records and records of charitable payments.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING ACCESS: These records are stored at the Guildhall Library site rather than the LMA Clerkenwell site. Researchers wishing to access these records should do so at the Guildhall Library Rare Books table. The Library is open Monday to Saturday, 9:30 to 16:45. Researchers will need to have an Archives History Card or a Library Readers Card. An archivist will be available at Guildhall Library on Thursday mornings to answer any queries.

Worshipful Company of Painter Stainers