Art in the archives
Sketches, drawings, watercolours, engravings and oil paintings have entered the archives mainly within broader collections: sometimes, indeed, as sketches within notebooks.
A few manuscripts or archives are entirely pictorial, most notably the Grieve family collection of theatre designs, 1813-1857 (MS1007) and a contemporary scroll depicting the funeral of Anne of Cleves. Some archival collections contain correspondence etc. about art, notably the Cammaerts papers and the Thomas Sturge Moore papers.
This list complements the archives catalogue, which includes a subject search facility. See also posters (not listed here), chiefly theatrical or political, in the archives.
What the archives hold
- The botanical artist Franz Bauer (1758-1840), MS1015
- The social investigator Charles Booth (1840-1916), MS797/III
- The Italian draughtsman Giovanni Battista Borra (1713-1770), ICS Wood/15, 16 and 17
- The artist and book illustrator Walter Crane(Opens in new window) (1845-1915), SLIV/66-72
- The potter and novelist William De Morgan (1839-1917), MS913C/2/1
- The painter Edward Duncan(Opens in new window) (1803-1882), DLL/3/13
- The painter and draughtsman Hanslip Fletcher (1874-1955), ULC/PC7/9
- The German academic Friedrich Gundolf(Opens in new window) (1880-1931), IMLR, FGU
- The German writer Hermann Hesse(Opens in new window) (1977-1962), IMLR, Miller 10/2/1
- The writer and poet Rudyard Kipling(Opens in new window) (1865-1936), UoL/VP/1/21
- The artist Maude McDonald, MS949/1B/44(Opens in new window), MS949/1B/45
- The poet and novelist John Masefield(Opens in new window) (1878-1967), MS953(Opens in new window), MS966
- The actor Martin Miller(Opens in new window) (1899-1969), IMLR Miller 4/14
- The writer and designer Thomas Sturge Moore (1870-1944), MS978/3
- The painter William Mulready(Opens in new window) (1786-1863; possible attribution), SLIV/A
- The artist and architectural draughtsman Auguste Charles Pugin (1762-1832), MS817/2/5. See also his book illustrations.
- The painter David Roberts (1796-1864), MS927. See also his book illustrations.
- Illustrations pertaining to the University of London: ULC/PC, UoL/CN/7/1/21, UoL/CT/3/12, UoL/SV/8/1, UoL/UL/10, MS1153/1
- Theatrical designs: MS1007, MS1009, IMLR, WRO.3.1.3.DRA, MS955. These complement theatrical strengths within the printed special collections: see especially the Malcolm Morley Collection and the Granville-Barker Collection. For supporting material on theatre, see the literary research collections.
- Railways and trains (mostly engineering drawings): MS155, MS242, MS243, MS325, MS1011, MS1122, AL340. These complement the strong section on railway history within the Goldsmiths’ Library of Economic Literature.
- Ecclesiastical architecture: MS962, MS1149
- Borley Rectory, by M.E. Wilson, HPG/8/6/5, c.1940. This complements books and pamphlets about Borley Rectory in the Harry Price Library of Magical Literature.
- Steam train passing Leighton Buzzard on the London and Birmingham Railway line, by Thomas Creswick (1811-1869), MS996, 1837. This complements the strong section on rail transport in the Goldsmiths’ Library of Economic Literature.
- John Storrar (1811-1886), Chairman of Convocation of the University of London, UoL/ CN/7/1/21, 19th cent.
- A few engravings, some on playing cards, to illustrate themes of the Harry Price Library and Archive of Magical Literature, including engravings: see HPF, HPG and HPI.
- Engraving for jigsaw puzzle, ‘'The Progress of Sugar Neatly Dissected', MS1010, early 19th cent. Complements works on sugar production in the Goldsmiths’ Library of Economic Literature and from the Kress Library (see full-text database, ‘Making of the Modern World’)
- Prints of engravings in scrapbook of ca 300 pictures of 18th- and 19th-century English clergymen, MS1085, c.1850
- Ca 150 engravings, prints, photographs etc., assembled by T.H. Lewin to illustrate his book 'Life and Death', MS811/IV/86, c.1856-1911
- Prints of William Marshall’s engravings- of William Shakespeare, DLL/4/3-4. Complements Shakespeareana within the printed special collections.
- Mint officials at work, headed 'A part of the standard of weights and measures in the Exchequer, Anno 12 Henrici Septimi', MS152, 18th cent.
- William Noy (1577-1634) by Henry Meyer, MS581, mid-17th-cent.
- Coloured engraving of Windsheim (now Bad-Windsheim) in Germany, from Sebastian Münster's Cosmographia, MS992
- Prints and engravings of plans and views of Madrid, 15th-19th century, MS998. Complements early printed books on the history of Madrid in the Eliot-Phelips Collection.
- Reproductions of engravings of the life of the Virgin, by Albrecht Dürer, 1508-1510, MS817/2/17
- Coloured copper engravings copying cartoons by James Gillray, MS1089/5/16-17, within cartoons and illustrations on social and political themes (1792-1883), collected by Ron Heisler
- Léopold III of Belgium, MS800/X/74, c.1941
- The civil engineer Thomas Telford (1757-1834), with engravings of Menai Bridge, the Vale of Llangollen and Conway, by W Radclyffe, AL438
- University College London, Kings College London, and Burlington Gardens, University of London, ULC/PC, 19th cent.
- The Vice-Chancellor Sir James Paget conferring degrees on women at London University, ULC/PC28/13, 19th cent
- Prints of engravings of colleges and institutes affiliated with the University of London before 1858, UoL/RO/6/2, c.1890
- Engravings of chastity belts, MS912/5/1/9