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Sketchbooks kept by Geoffrey Grigson, 1944-1982 and n.d. [c.1940-1959]

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MS. 23802/95
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Comprises six sketchbooks containing drawings made in places including:

  1. 'Yorkshire Caves, Scale Force, Scilly, Isle of Wight, Co. Clare, Moher Cliffs', 1944-1947 and n.d. [c.1940-1947]
  2. 'Wales, Cardigan, Prescelly, Scowles of Bream, Boxwell, Shobdon', n.d. [c.1940]
  3. Spain, Austria, Hungary and France, 1980-1982. Also contains diary notes for 1982.
  4. Scilly, Wales, Rousham, Daglingworth, Naseby, Tees, High Force and Northumberland, 1959 and n.d. [c.1955-1959]. Also contains sketches of church monuments.
  5. 'Wiltshire, Dunwich, Essex', 1954 and n.d. [c.1950]
  6. 'Scilly, Grand Canary, Sweden, Skellig, Llanstephan, St. Agnes, Chysauster, Cliff Mines, Hartland, Blasket', 1946-1950 and n.d. [c.1946-1949]

Dates

  • Creation: 1944-1982 and n.d. [c.1940-1959]

Extent

1 box (6 volumes)

Language of Materials

  • English

Shelfmark

MS. 23802/95