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General notebooks kept by Geoffrey Grigson relating to art, literature, and other subjects, 1943-1956 and n.d. [c.1940-1955]

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MS. 23802/91
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Comprises five numbered notebooks and one unnumbered notebook, with content including:
  1. 3/15: notes on British local customs
  2. 3/28: notes on art and poetry
  3. 3/29: notes on art and artists, including Henry Fuseli (1741-1825) and Jacques-Laurent Agasse (1767-1849)
  4. 4/16: notes on The Great West Road; place names
  5. 4/36: notes relating to William [Lisle] Bowles (1762-1850), clergyman, poet and critic, and his Scenes and Shadows of Days Departed (London, 1835)
  6. 'Seghers': notes and sketches relating to the work of Hercules Seghers (c.1589-1638), Lucas van Leyden (1494-1533), and other artists

Dates

  • Creation: 1943-1956 and n.d. [c.1940-1955]

Extent

1 box (6 volumes)

Language of Materials

  • English

Shelfmark

MS. 23802/91

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