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The Papers of George Humphrey Wolferstan Rylands

Title Photographs
Reference GHWR/5
Covering Dates 1860–1985
Extent and Medium 2 box albums; photographic print
Content and context

The photographs are arranged in the following categories:

GHWR/5/1-33: Childhood and family

GHWR/5/34-56: Eton and King's

GHWR/5/57-81: Portraits of GHWR

GHWR/5/82-212: Theatre

GHWR/5/213-349: Friends

King's/PP/GHWR/5 contains:
1-3 Betha Rylands and her Aunt Emily. Three studio portraits of Betha Rylands' Aunt Emily standing, and seated holding baby Betha. The photographs are mounted on card, 10.2 x 6.2 cm (photographs 9 x 5.9 cm and 9.8 x 5.8 cm), and 10.1 x 6.4 cm (photograph 8.6 x 5.6 cm). Sleeve 1.
Creator: Pouncy, Dorchester; John Bull, Weymouth; and Jones, Marlborough.
3 items; photographic print.
1865–1866
4 Betha Rylands's Uncle Jack. Studio portrait of Betha Rylands's Uncle Jack, standing. The photograph is mounted on card, 10.3 x 6.4 cm (photograph 8.8 x 5.5 cm). Sleeve 1.
Creator: Nadar, 35 Boulevard des Capucines, Paris.
1 item; photographic print.
1860–1869
5-8 Betha Rylands in early childhood. Four studio portraits of Betha Rylands, seated and standing full length, in early childhood. The photographs are mounted on card, 10.2 x 6.2 cm (photograph 9.3 x 5.9 cm) and 10.4 x 6.3 cm (photograph 8.8 x 5.5 cm). Sleeve 1.
Creator: John Bull, Weymouth; Edwin Debenham, Weymouth.
4 items; photographic print.
1873–1875
9 Betha Rylands's brother, Reggie. Studio portrait of Betha Rylands's brother, Reggie, standing. The photograph is mounted on card, 10.4 x 6.2 cm (photograph 8.8 x 5.5 cm). Sleeve 2.
Creator: F. R. Pearson, Weymouth.
1 item; photographic print.
1870–1879
10 Portrait of ?the Thomas family. Studio portrait of a family group, Mother, Father (a clergyman), elderly male relative, 4 daughters, 1 son and a baby [possibly the Thomas family: Betha Rylands' parents, grandfather and siblings]. The photograph is mounted on card, 15.8 x 20 cm. Sleeve 3.
1 item; photographic print.
c. 1875
11-13 Family photograph albums. Assorted prints of family and forebears, and GHWR in childhood, pasted into three albums.
3 volumes; paper.
1890–1929
14 GHWR aged about 12 months. Studio portrait of GHWR, seated, approximately 12 months. The photograph is mounted on card, 14 x 9.2 cm, and has been inscribed on the back by GHWR: 'Earliest photo ...'. Sleeve 4.
1 item; photographic print.
c. 1903
14a Portrait of 'Hester'. Studio portrait of head and shoulders of a young girl, in a locket with lock of hair on reverse, engraved 'Hester 1903'.
1 item in box; photographic print.
1903
15 GHWR and his brother Peter. Studio portrait of GHWR, aged about 4 years, and his brother, Peter, both seated. The phtoograph is mounted on card, 17.5 x 12.5 cm (photograph 9.1 x 6 cm). Sleeve 4.
Creator: E. Day and Son, Bournemouth.
1 item; photographic print.
c. 1906
16 GHWR aged about 8 years. Studio portrait of GHWR, aged about 8 years, head and shoulders. The photograph has been inscribed on back by GHWR: 'Prep[aratory] school'. The print is circular (diameter 9.8 cm) and is mounted on card. Sleeve 5.
1 item; photographic print.
c. 1910
17 GHWR and his Aunt Pellatt. Photograph of GHWR, aged about 15 years, and his Aunt Pellatt, standing side by side in a park. Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 cm. Sleeve 5.
1 item; photographic print.
c. 1917
18 GHWR standing on a hillside. Photograph of GHWR, aged about 15 years, standing on a hillside. Dimensions: 6.5 x 4.3 cm. Sleeve 2.
1 item; photographic print.
c. 1917
19 GHWR with picnickers. GHWR, aged about 16 years, seated, leaning against a tree, with a group of picnickers. Dimensions:, 6.4 x 10.8 cm. Sleeve 2.
1 item; photographic print.
c. 1918
20 GHWR standing in a wood. GHWR, aged about 18 years, standing in a wood. Dimensions: 10.8 x 6.7 cm. Sleeve 2.
1 item; photographic print.
c. 1920
21 GHWR and two others, part way through a bicycle ride. GHWR, aged about 18 years, with unidentified man and woman seated at the road side in the course of a bicycle ride. Dimensions: 6 x 8.5 cm. The print is creased down the centre. Sleeve 2.
1 item; photographic print.
c. 1920
22-3 GHWR, his parents and brother James standing outside Down House. Down House (built 1801, GHWR's birthplace) is in Tockington, near Bristol. One photograph, GHWR/5/22, has been inscribed on back by GHWR: '... before 1932'. Dimensions: 8 x 10.4 cm and 10.4 x 8 cm. Sleeve 5.
2 items; photographic print.
1922–1927
24-6 James Rylands and Down House. The photographs show views of the front of Down House, Tockington, near Bristol, one with James Rylands and his Nanny on the lawn, one with James Rylands playing golf on the lawn. Dimensions: postcards 8.8 x 14.1 cm (GHWR/5/24-5), print 7 x 10 (GHWR/5/26) cm. Sleeve 6.
3 items; paper and photographic print.
1914–1924
27-33 Came Rectory, Dorset. The photographs show interior and exterior views of the house and gardens, featuring, variously, GHWR; Anne Barnes; a woman who may be 'Eileen', the Rylands family charlady; James Rylands and an unidentified woman. Dimensions: 11 x 8.4 cm (GHWR/5/27-31) and 10.8 x 8.2 cm (GHWR/5/32-3). Sleeves 6-8.
7 items; photographic print.
1930–1939
34 GHWR in Eton dress. Studio portrait of GHWR in Eton dress as member of VIth form. The photograph is mounted on card, 10.3 x 8 cm (photograph 8.8 x 5.9 cm). Sleeve 2.
Creator: Alfred D. Kissack, Eton.
1 item; photographic print.
c. 1918
35 Eton College Wall team. GHWR is 2nd from right. The photograph has been inscribed on back by GHWR: '... St Andrew's Day 1920...'. Dimensions: 16.4 x 21.5. Sleeve 9.
Creator: Unknown news agency.
1 item; photographic print.
30 Nov. 1920
36 GHWR at Officer Training Corps camp. Postcard photograph of GHWR and friends looking out through tent flap at O[fficer] T[raining] C[orps] camp. The photograph has been inscribed on back by GHWR: 'W. le B. Egerton; Meynell (VC); Cedric Cliffe; John Denman; Danny Nettleton (King Farlow); Christopher Halls (MP)'. Dimensions: 8.7 x 13.9. Sleeve 8.
1 item; photographic print.
c. 1920
37 Portrait of R. A. Baskerville-Mynor. Studio portrait of R. A. Baskerville-Mynors, head and shoulders, in Eton dress, aged about 16 years. The photograph is mounted on card, 10.3 x 6.2 cm (photograph 9.2 x 5.9 cm). Sleeve 2.
Creator: Hills and Sanders, Eton.
1 item; photographic print.
1920
37A Man in academic dress. Photograph of an unidentified man, possibly GHWR's house master at Eton, in white tie/academic dress, walking along a tree-line avenue. The photograph is mounted on card, 17.7 x 13 cm (photograph 14.7 x 10.3 cm). Sleeve 10.
1 item; photographic print.
38 GHWR and Ian Scott-Kilvert. Photograph of GHWR in mortar board and gown, papers under his arm, walking with Ian Scott-Kilvert under the archway onto Silver Street from the Mill Lane lecture rooms, Cambridge. Dimensions: 11.5 x 11.5 cm. Sleeve 12.
Creator: Annan, Noël.
1 item; photographic print.
1935–1939
39-40 Honorary Degree Day. Two photographs taken at King's College, Cambridge on an Honorary Degree Day: Jan Smuts and J. T. Sheppard walking towards the south door of the Chapel along the north side of the Front Courtyard; GHWR and Noël Annan coming through the Porter's Lodge into the Front Courtyard. Dimensions: 8.2 x 6.2 cm (GHWR/5/39) and 5.7 x 7.6 cm (GHWR/5/40). Sleeve 11.
2 items; photographic print.
10 June 1948
41 Royal visit to King's College. Photograph of George VI, Queen Elizabeth, Princess Margaret, J. T. Sheppard and GHWR on the Back Lawn during a royal visit. Dimensions: 16.3 x 11.6 cm. Sleeve 12.
Creator: Cambridge Daily News.
1 item; photographic print.
Apr. 1951
42-54 Interior of GHWR's rooms in King's College. 13 colour prints, dimensions 25.6 x 20.5 cm. Sleeves 13-25.
Creator: John Vere Brown, 2 Redcliffe Place, London SW10.
13 items; photographic print.
Jan. 1984
55-6 Albums of photographs of Cambridge. 2 albums of colour prints in plastic sleeves. The photographs show GHWR, his rooms in King's College, the Backs, gardens and grounds of King's College.
Creator: Raven, Faith.
2 volumes; paper and photographic print.
1991–1997
57 GHWR as an undergraduate. The photograph shows GHWR standing outside in plus fours, waistcoat, jacket and tie. It has been inscribed on back by GHWR: 'Undergraduate'. The photograph is mounted on card, 20.6 x 11.6 cm (photograph 14.6 x 5 cm). Sleeve 26.
1 item; photographic print.
1920–1925
58-9 Studio portraits of GHWR. Studio portraits: head and shoulders; upper body, arms folded. The photographs are mounted on card, 34 x 24.6 cm (photographs 19.7 x 14.8 cm).
Creator: Bassano Ltd., 38 Dover St., London.
2 items; photographic print; These photographs are oversize and are stored separately.
1920–1925
60 GHWR in golfing dress. Studio portrait of GHWR in golfing dress, posed to take a shot. Dimensions: 28.8 x 23.8 cm.
Creator: Elliott and Fry, Baker St., London.
1 item; photographic print; This photograph is oversize and is stored separately.
1920–1925
61 GHWR in tennis dress. Studio portrait of GHWR in tennis dress, holding a racquet. Dimensions: 28.8 x 23.8 cm.
Creator: Elliott and Fry, Baker St., London.
1 item; photographic print; This photograph is oversize and is stored separately.
1920–1925
61A Studio portrait of GHWR. Studio portrait of GHWR, full length, seated. The photograph is mounted on card 39.2 x 27 cm (photograph 24 x 28.5 cm).
Creator: Lewis, 50 Queen Anne's Gate, St James' Park, London.
1 item; photographic print; This photograph is oversize and is stored separately.
1920–1925
62 GHWR standing in a doorway. Photograph of GHWR standing in a doorway, wearing a hat and carrying a walking stick. The photograph has been inscribed on the back by GHWR: 'before 1932'. Dimensions: 10.11 x 6.6 cm. Sleeve 11.
1 item; photographic print.
1920–1925
63 GHWR in his rooms at King's College, Cambridge. Photograph of GHWR seated reading in the south sitting room of his rooms. Dimensions: 15.2 x 20.5 cm. Sleeve 26.
Creator: Ramsey and Muspratt, Cambridge.
1 item; photographic print.
1925–1929
64 Portrait of GHWR. Photograph of GHWR, head and shoulders, looking down, away from the camera. The photograph is mounted on card, 25.3 x 19.3 cm. Sleeve 27.
Creator: Rothschild, Victor.
1 item; photographic print.
1925–1929
65-6 GHWR holding a pipe. Photographic print and postcard enlargement of a portrait of GHWR, seated, holding a pipe, full length in profile, taken possibly at Monk's House, Rodmell or at Tavistock Square, London, possibly by Leonard Woolf. The enlarged postcard photograph has been inscribed 'George Rylands' by Leonard Woolf. Dimensions of print (GHWR/5/65): 6.1 x 5.7 cm. Dimensions of postcard enlargement, image slightly cropped (GHWR/5/66): 13.3 x 8.5 cm. Sleeve 28.
Creator: ?Woolf, Leonard.
2 items; photographic print and paper.
1932–1934
67-70 Proof portraits of GHWR. Proof portraits with photographers' paper wrapper: head and shoulders, profile and full face; 1 with pipe in mouth. Dimensions: 20.4 x 15.4 cm (GHWR/5/67) and 14.1 x 11 cm (GHWR/5/68-70). Sleeves 28-30.
Creator: Ramsey and Muspratt, Cambridge.
4 items; photographic print.
1933–1937
71-2 Passport-style portrait of GHWR. Passport-style photograph showing GHWR's head and shoulders, wearing open-neck, short sleeved shirt. Dimensions: 13.9 x 8.10 cm. Sleeve 11.
2 items; photographic print.
1933–1937
73 Passport-style portrait of GHWR. Passport-style photograph showing GHWR's head and shoulders, wearing open-necked shirt. Dimensions: 6.2 x 5 cm. Sleeve 11.
1 item; photographic print.
1933–1937
74 GHWR slouched on a sofa. Postcard photograph of GHWR slouched on a sofa, pipe in mouth. Dimensions: 13.9 x 8.10 cm. Sleeve 31.
1 item; photographic print.
1933–1937
75 GHWR in his rooms at King's College, Cambridge. Full face, seated in window of north sitting room of KCC rooms. Dimensions: 15 x 15 cm. Sleeve 32.
Creator: Janet Stone, Litton Cheney, Dorset.
1 item; photographic print.
1960–1969
76 Portrait of GHWR. Photograph of GHWR, full face. Dimensions: 21 x 15.9 cm. Sleeve 33.
1 item; photographic print.
1970–1979
77 GHWR seated in an arm chair. Photograph of GHWR seated in an arm chair, full length. Dimensions: 25.5 x 20.3 cm. Sleeve 34.
1 item; photographic print.
1970–1979
78-9 GHWR seated in an arm chair. Photographs of GHWR seated in an arm chair: upper body; head and shoulders. Dimensions: 17.7 x 12.8 cm (GHWR/5/78) and 18.8 x 13.9 cm (GHWR/5/79). Sleeves 31, 35.
2 items; photographic print.
1970–1979
80 GHWR seated on a garden bench. Colour photograph of GHWR seated on a garden bench, head and shoulders. The photograph is out of focus. Dimensions: 17.6 x 12.7. Sleeve 35.
1 item; photographic print.
1982–1987
81 GHWR in his rooms at King's College, Cambridge. Colour photograph of GHWR, full length, standing in front of the fire place in the south sitting room of his rooms at King's College, Cambridge. Dimensions: 15 x 10. Sleeve 31.
1 item; photographic print.
1980–1989
82 Cast of 'The Oresteia'. Photograph of the cast of 'The Oresteia', Cambridge University Greek Play, with director J. T. Sheppard. The cast are out of costume. GHWR is in the 2nd row, 3rd from left. The photograph was taken in Bodley's Court, King's College, Cambridge, and has been inscribed on back by GHWR with the names of 13 other cast members including Donald Beves, Angus and Douglas Davidson, Dennis Arundell and Leslie Runciman. The print has a crease at the right side and a tear in the centre at the lower edge. Dimensions: 20.6 x 27.5 cm. Sleeve 36.
Creator: Stearn and Sons, Cambridge.
1 item; photographic print.
Lent Term 1921
83 Three cast members of 'The Oresteia'. Newspaper clipping photographs of three cast members from 'The Oresteia', Cambridge University Greek Play: Donald Beves as Orestes, R. C.N . Barton as Clytemnestra and GHWR as Electra. The cuttings are stuck on cardboard, dimensions 8.8 x 15.8 cm. Sleeve 37.
1 item; paper.
1921
84 Photograph of John Denman. Photograph of John Denman in costume as a female character in 'The Charity That Began At Home', an ADC production, Cambridge. Dimensions: 14.8 x 10.7 cm. Sleeve 37.
1 item; photographic print.
May Week 1921
85 Two cast members of 'The Gyp's Princess'. Photograph of 2 unidentified actors in costume in 'The Gyp's Princess', an ADC production, Cambridge. The photograph has been inscribed on the back by GHWR: 'Cecil Beaton'. Dimensions: 14.8 x 10.7 cm. Sleeve 38.
Creator: Hills and Saunders, Cambridge.
1 item; photographic print.
Dec. 1923
86 Dennis Arundell as Ulysses in 'Cyclops'. Photograph of Dennis Arundell as Ulysses in 'Cyclops', Cambridge University Greek Play. Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.2 cm. Sleeve 38.
1 item; photographic print.
1923
87 GHWR as the Duchess in 'The Duchess of Malfi'. Photograph of GHWR as the Duchess in 'The Duchess of Malfi', a Marlowe Society production, Cambridge. Dimensions: 13.7 x 9.8 cm. Sleeve 38.
1 item; photographic print.
1924
88-9 Barbara Bagenal and Duncan Grant as Pelléas and Melisande. Modern reprints of photographs of Barbara Bagenal and Duncan Grant as Pelléas and Melisande, in costumes by Duncan Grant. The photographs were possibly taken at Charleston, Firle, Sussex. Dimensions: 18.2 x 11.9 cm (GHWR/5/88) and 16.5 x 12 cm (GHWR/5/89). Sleeve 39.
2 items; photographic print.
1920–1929
90 Unidentified actor as Ben Gunn in 'Treasure Island'. Photograph of an unidentified actor as Ben Gunn in 'Treasure Island', an ADC production at the New Theatre, Cambridge. Dimensions: 20.3 x 15.4 cm. Sleeve 40.
Creator: Ramsey and Muspratt, Cambridge.
1 item; photographic print.
c. 1930
91 GHWR, Lydia Lopokova Keynes and Michael Redgrave in 'A Lover's Complaint' by Shakespeare. Photograph of GHWR, Lydia Lopokova Keynes and Michael Redgrave in 'A Lover's Complaint' by Shakespeare, part of 'Beauty, Truth and Rarity: a masque of poetry, music and dancing' produced by GHWR for Lydia Lopokova Keynes at the Arts Theatre Club, London. Dimensions: 18.8 x 20.4 cm. Sleeve 41.
Creator: Beaton, Cecil.
1 item; photographic print.
Dec. 1930
92 Portrait of GHWR. Photograph of GHWR, head and shoulders, reproduced in Footlights Revue programme, 1936. Dimensions: 7.1 x 5.2 cm. Sleeve 11.
1 item; photographic print.
c. 1936
93 Lear and Cordelia in King Lear. Press cutting of a photograph of Lear and Cordelia in 'King Lear', a Marlowe Society production by GHWR at the ADC Theatre, Cambridge, from 'Bystander'. Sleeve 11.
Creator: Photographer from 'Bystander'.
1 item; paper.
21 Mar. 1938
94 Backcloth to an unidentified production. Photograph of a painted backcloth to an unidentified production, showing a young woman in Elizabethan costume, a swan and a river. The print has a tear to the upper left corner. Dimensions: 14.5 x 24 cm. Sleeve 42.
Creator: Hills and Saunders, Cambridge.
1 item; photographic print.
1930–1939
95 Cast members of 'Measure for Measure'. Photograph of cast members of 'Measure for Measure', a Marlowe Society production by GHWR in Cambridge. Dimensions: 14.7 x 19.7 cm. Sleeve 43.
Creator: Ramsey and Muspratt, Cambridge.
1 item in envelope; paper.
1941
96-101 Cast members and set of 'The Family Reunion' by T. S. Eliot. Photographs of the cast members and set of 'The Family Reunion' by T. S. Eliot; its first amateur production by GHWR at the ADC Theatre, Cambridge. Dimensions: 15 x 21 cm (GHWR/5/96-7, 99-100), 21 x 15 cm (GHWR/5/98, 101). Sleeves 43-6.
Creator: Ramsey and Muspratt, Cambridge.
6 items; photographic print.
1943
102-5 Cast members and set of 'The Winter's Tale'. Photographs of the cast members and set of 'The Winter's Tale', a Marlowe Society production by GHWR in Cambridge. Dimensions: 16.2 x 11.3 cm (GHWR/5/102), 11.3 x 16.2 cm (GHWR/5/103-5). Sleeves 46-8.
Creator: Ramsey and Muspratt, Cambridge.
4 items; photographic print.
1945
106-9 Cast members and set of 'Anthony and Cleopatra'. Photographs of the cast members and set of 'Anthony and Cleopatra', a Marlowe Society production by GHWR in Cambridge. Dimensions: 11.5 x 20.1 cm (GHWR/5/106, 108), 11.5 x 16 cm (GHWR/5/107), 16.3 x 11.5 cm (GHWR/5/109). Sleeves 48-50.
Creator: Ramsey and Muspratt, Cambridge.
4 items; photographic print.
Mar. 1946
110-11 Cast members and set of 'The Tempest'. Photographs of the cast members and set of 'The Tempest', a Marlowe Society production by GHWR in Cambridge. The photographs have been inscribed on back by GHWR incorrectly: '1947'. Dimensions: 12 x 20.6 cm (GHWR/5/110) and 15.9 x 10.7 cm (GHWR/5/111). Sleeves 50-1.
Creator: Ramsey and Muspratt, Cambridge.
12 items; photographic print.
1946
112 Cast member of 'The Frogs'. Photograph of [Xanthias?] in 'The Frogs', Cambridge University Greek Play. Dimensions: 16 x 11.5 cm. Sleeve 51.
Creator: Ramsey and Muspratt, Cambridge.
1 item; photographic print.
1947
113-35 Cast members and set of 'Troilus and Cressida'. Photographs of the cast members and set of 'Troilus and Cressida', a Marlowe Society production by GHWR in Cambridge. Some of the photographs have been inscribed on back by GHWR incorrectly: '1940' and '1947'. Dimensions: 16.2 x 11.7 cm (GHWR/5/113-16, 120, 126), 14.9 x 11.7 cm (GHWR/5/117), 11.7 x 16.2 cm (GHWR/5/118-19, 121-5, 127-32, 134-5), 14.2 x 11.8 cm (GHWR/5/133). Sleeves 52-63.
Creator: Ramsey and Muspratt, Cambridge.
23 items; photographic print.
1948
136 GHWR and members of the Marlowe Society. Photograph of GHWR and members of the Marlowe Society, out of costume, informally while in Berlin to participate in an Elizabethan Festival of Music and Drama. Dimensions: 17.5 x 12.5 cm. Sleeve 63.
Creator: Berger, Berlin-Wilmersdorf Homburger Strasse 73.
1 item; photographic print.
Sept. 1948
137 GHWR as Angelo and Gillian Watts as Isabella in 'Measure for Measure'. Photograph of GHWR as Angelo and Gillian Watts as Isabella in 'Measure for Measure', a Marlowe Society production by GHWR in Cambridge. Dimensions: 15.3 x 13 cm. Sleeve 64.
Creator: Ramsey and Muspratt, Cambridge.
1 item; photographic print.
1948
138-48 Cast members and set of 'Oedipus'. Photographs of the cast members and set of 'Oedipus', performed in English, in Cambridge, directed by J. T. Sheppard, with GHWR as Oedipus and Joyce Carey as Jocasta. Dimensions: 11.9 x 16.8 cm (GHWR/5/138, 144-5), 10.8 x 16.2 cm (GHWR/5/139), 16.8 x 11.9 cm (GHWR/5/140-3, 146-8). Sleeves 64-9.
Creator: Ramsey and Muspratt, Cambridge.
11 items; photographic print.
1949
149 Cast members and set of 'The Tempest or The Enchanted Island'. Photograph of the cast members and set of 'The Tempest or The Enchanted Island', by Dryden and Davenant, an Arts Theatre production by GHWR performed for the Festival of Britain (produced by Donald Beves and music conducted by Boris Ord). Dimensions: 12 x 16.1 cm. Sleeve 70.
Creator: Ramsey and Muspratt, Cambridge.
1 item; photographic print.
1951
150-6 Cast members and set of 'Dr Faustus'. Photographs of the cast members and set of 'Dr Faustus', a Marlowe Society production by GHWR in Cambridge. Dimensions: 16.5 x 12 cm (GHWR/5/150-5), 12 x 16.5 cm (GHWR/5/156). Sleeves 70-3.
7 items; photographic print.
1951
157-71 Cast members and set of 'Two Gentlemen of Verona'. Photographs of the cast members and set of 'Two Gentlemen of Verona', a Marlowe Society production by Donald Beves, performed at the Cambridge Summer Festival. The photographs have been inscribed on the back with the names of the actors; several prints have paper captions attached. Dimensions: 16.4 x 12 cm (GHWR/5/157-64), 12 x 16.4 cm (GHWR/5/165-70), 15 x 21.2 cm (GHWR/5/171). Sleeves 74-81.
15 items; photographic print.
1951
172 Cast members and set of 'Coriolanus'. Photograph of the cast members and set of 'Coriolanus', a Marlowe Society production by GHWR in Cambridge. The photograph has been inscribed on the back with the names of the actors. Dimensions: 16.4 x 12 cm. Sleeve 81.
Creator: Ramsey and Muspratt, Cambridge.
1 item; photographic print.
1951
173-5 Peggy Ashcroft as Margaret in the 'Wars of the Roses'. Photographs of Peggy Ashcroft as Margaret in the 'Wars of the Roses', a play cycle performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company at Stratford-upon-Avon, produced by John Barton. Dimensions: 25.1 x 20.3 cm. Sleeves 82-4.
Creator: Gordon Goode, Ely Street, Stratford-upon-Avon.
3 items; photographic print.
1963–1964
176-93 Cast members of 'Othello'. Photographs of the cast members in the studio recording of 'Othello' for the Argo Shakespeare series. The photographs feature Ian Holm, Anne Calder-Marshall and Richard Johnson. Dimensions: 25.8 x 20.3 cm (GHWR/5/176), 20.3 x 25.8 cm (GHWR/5/177-93). Sleeves 85-102.
Creator: Usill, Harley J.
18 items; photographic print.
1960–1969
194 Cast members of 'Henry VI Part 2'. Photograph of cast members in the studio recording of 'Henry VI Part 2' for the Argo Shakespeare series. The photograph shows from left to right, Ian McKellen, Donald Beves, William Squire and Toby Robertson. Dimensions: 20.8 x 25 cm. Sleeve 103.
1 item; photographic print.
1960–1969
195 Rehearsal for 'The World's a Stage'. Photograph showing, from left to right, Alan Bennet, Prunella Scales, Judi Dench and Timothy West rehearsing for 'The World's a Stage', a recital devised by GHWR, performed in aid of Oxford and Cambridge Shakespeare Co. Dimensions: 16.5 x 20.4 cm. Sleeve 104.
1 item; photographic print.
Dec. 1969
196 Rehearsal for 'Cambridge Commemorated'. The photograph shows GHWR, Peggy Ashcroft and Martin West rehearsing 'Cambridge Commemorated' in the Senate House, Cambridge, a recital devised by GHWR, performed in aid of Newnham College Appeal. Dimensions: 20.3 x 25.3 cm. Sleeve 105.
Creator: Hahn, Dorothy.
1 item; photographic print.
Mar. 1983
197 GHWR and others. Photograph showing (left to right) 2 unidentified men, Richard Pasco, an unidentified man, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, GHWR and John Gielgud standing together on a lawn, possibly at a recital. The photograph may have been taken at Stratford-upon-Avon. Dimensions: 16.5 x 20.6 cm. Sleeve 106.
Creator: Shakespeare Centre Library, Stratford-upon-Avon.
1 item; photographic print.
1985–1989
198-200 Cast and scenery in a Greek play. Photographs of the cast members and scenery in an unidentified Greek Play in Cambridge, probably 'Agamemnon' directed in 1953 by GHWR. Dimensions: 11.4 x 15.3 (GHWR/5/198-9), 15.3 x 11.4 (GHWR/5/200). Sleeve 107-8.
3 items; photographic print.
1950–1959
201-12 Cast members and scenery in unidentified productions. Photographs of cast members and scenery in possibly four unidentified Marlowe Society productions in Cambridge. Dimensions: 11.6 x 16.1 cm (GHWR/201-2), 16.6 x 12 cm (GHWR/5/203), 15.3 x 13 cm (GHWR/5/204: Donald Beves as Pompey Bum in the 1948 'Measure for Measure'?), 13 x 20.9 cm (GHWR/5/205), 12.2 x 16.1 cm (GHWR/5/206, 14.5 x 10.7 cm (GHWR/5/207-8), 13.7 x 22.9 cm (GHWR/5/209-12). Sleeves 108-14.
Creator: Ramsey and Muspratt, Cambridge.
12 items; photographic print.
1950–1969
213 Dora Carrington. Modern reprint of a photograph of Dora Carrington outside the Slade School of Art, London. Dimensions: 12.7 x 8.8 cm. Sleeve 115.
1 item; photographic print.
1913
214 GHWR and A. C. Benson. Photograph of GHWR and A. C. Benson standing arm in arm outside Lamb House, Rye, Sussex. Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.8 cm. Sleeve 115.
1 item; photographic print.
c. 1923
215 GHWR and Rosamond Lehmann. Photograph of GHWR and Rosamond Lehmann standing face to face, hands held as in prayer. The print is creased across the upper third. Dimensions: 7.8 x 7.9 cm. Sleeve 115.
1 item; photographic print.
1925
216 GHWR, Rosamond Lehmann and Wogan Philipps. Photograph of GHWR, Rosamond Lehmann and Wogan Philipps sitting on a motorbike before a painted back drop, in Brittany, France. The photograph has been inscribed on the back by GHWR: 'at a fair in Brittany ? 1926'. Print, 8.9 x 14 Sleeve 115.
1 item; photographic print.
1926–1930
217 GHWR, Raymond Mortimer, Leonard and Virginia Woolf and Lydia Lopokova Keynes. Modern reprint of a photograph of GHWR and Raymond Mortimer standing, Leonard and Virginia Woolf seated in front of them and Lydia Lopokova Keynes sitting on the ground in front of them, all in a group pose outside. Dimensions: 11.8 x 8.6 cm. Sleeve 116.
1 item; photographic print.
1922–1927
218-22 'Bloomsbury Group' members. Modern reprints of photographs of members of the 'Bloomsbury Group', including Duncan Grant, Clive Bell, J. M. Keynes, G. Lytton Strachey, Vanessa, Julian and Quentin Bell, and Angelica Garnett. Some of the photographs were taken by Vanessa Bell, and several appear in 'Vanessa Bell's Family Album' (J. V. Norman and Hobhouse Ltd: London, 1981). Dimensions: 21.5 x 16.3 cm. Sleeves 117-21.
Creator: Bell, Vanessa and others.
5 items; photographic print.
1910–1929
223 Sebastian Sprott, Alec Penrose and Topsy Lucas. Sebastian Sprott and Alec Penrose standing behind Topsy Lucas seated in deck chair, in corner of a garden. Dimensions: 14 x 8.2 cm. Sleeve 116.
1 item; photographic print.
1925–1929
224-6 Photographs, possibly of Steven Runciman. Photographs of a man, possibly Steven Runciman: in profile, seated, looking out of the window in GHWR's rooms in King's College, Cambridge; on steps of grand house in riding dress; head and shoulders portrait by Cecil Beaton. Dimensions: 8.2 x 10.7 cm (GHWR/5/224); 16 x 11.4 cm (GHWR/5/225), 25 x 20.2 cm mounted on card 50.5 x 35.2 cm (GHWR/5/226). Sleeves 117 and 222; one photograph is outsize.
Creator: Beaton, Cecil and others.
3 items; photographic print.
1930–1939
227 W. Somerset Maugham and Arthur Marshall. Photograph of Somerset Maugham and Arthur Marshall arm-in-arm, on the pavement before a front door, possibly in the South of France. Dimensions: 8.8 x 6.4 cm. Sleeve 116.
1 item; photographic print.
1930–1939
228-34 GHWR at an exhibition of work by Ramsey and Muspratt. Photographs of GHWR at an exhibition of work by Ramsey and Muspratt, 1976, including in conversation with R. F. Kahn, Joan Robinson and Lettice Ramsey; also, portrait photographs of Vanessa Bell, Virginia Woolf and Angelica Garnett, 1932, GHWR and Norman Higgins, 1930s, all by Ramsey and Muspratt. The photographs were taken mainly Cambridge. Modern reprints, several mounted on card, 16.2 x 12.6 cm (GHWR/5/228, 231), 12.6 x 16.2 cm (GHWR/5/229-30), 26.8 x 21.2 cm (photograph 25 x 19.9 cm) (GHWR/3/232), 24.1 x 24.6 cm (photograph 20 x 22.4cm ) (GHWR/5/233), 26.5 x 19.8 cm (photograph 24.5 x 18.5 cm) (GHWR/5/234). Sleeves 122-6. Some items are outsize.
Creator: Ramsey and Muspratt, Cambridge.
7 items; photographic print.
1930–1976
235 Studio portrait of J. M. Keynes. Studio portrait photograph of J. M. Keynes, head and shoulders. Mounted on card, 27.9 x 20.2 cm (photograph 21 x 16 cm). Sleeve 127.
Creator: Ramsey and Muspratt, Cambridge.
1 item; photographic print.
1936
236-7 GHWR and Robin Fedden. Photographs of GHWR and Robin Fedden in morning suits en route for Harry Ellis' wedding, London. Mounted on card, 21.4 x 15.1 cm (photograph 11.8 x 9.2cm). Sleeve 128.
Creator: Kensington Press Agency, 26 Beauchamp Place, London; Knightsbridge Photographic Bureau, 36 Beauchamp Place, London.
1 item; photographic print.
1930–1939
238 GHWR and Arthur Marshall. Postcard photograph of GHWR seated, Arthur Marshall perched on the arm of a chair holding a tennis racquet, with a Great Dane standing at their side, on a terrace. Dimensions: 8.5 x 13.1 cm. Sleeve 129.
1 item; photographic print.
1930–1939
239-41 GHWR, Phyllis Hammerton, Dennis and Barbara Proctor. GHWR, Phyllis Hammerton, Dennis and Barbara Proctor standing on a balcony, on a Mediterranean holiday. Dimensions: 6.5 x 4.2 cm. Sleeve 130.
3 items; photographic print.
1930–1939
242-51 Friends and scenery on a Hellenic cruise. Photographs of friends and scenery on a Hellenic cruise, including Edward ('Eddie') Bates, Anne Barnes, Paul Hyslop, Eardley Knollys, Raymond Mortimer, Janet Bacon and unidentified others. Dimensions: 8 x 6 cm (GHWR/5/242), 8.5 x 6 cm (GHWR/5/243-7), 6 x 8.5 cm (GHWR/5/248-9), 11.4 x 19 cm (GHWR/5/250), 12.2 x 19 cm (GHWR/5/251). Sleeves 130-2.
10 items; photographic print.
1930–1939
252-8 Holiday snaps. Site-seeing snaps taken by GHWR and Raymond Mortimer on holiday, possibly in Turkey or Egypt. Dimensions: 6.3 x 9 cm (GHWR/5/252-4), 9 x 6 cm (GHWR/5/255), 7.5 x 11 cm (GHWR/5/256-7), 11 x 7.5 cm (GHWR/5/258). Sleeves 131 and 133.
Creator: Rylands, G. H. W. and Mortimer, Raymond.
7 items; photographic print.
1930–1939
259 GHWR and an unidentified man. Photograph of GHWR and an unidentified man, possibly in German regional costume, standing in a garden, arms round each other. The photograph may have been taken in Germany. Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 cm. Sleeve 133.
1 item; photographic print.
1935
260 Mountains and stream. Photograph of mountains and a stream, possibly in Germany. GHWR's head is partly in the picture. The photograph is from the same film as GHWR/5/259. Dimensions: 5.9 x 8.8 cm. Sleeve 134.
1 item; photographic print.
1935
261 GHWR, Beverley Nichols, Harry Ellis and Wogan Philipps. Photograph of (Left to right) GHWR, Beverley Nichols, Harry Ellis and Wogan Philipps on the patio at the house of Beverley Nichols. Dimensions: 8.5 x 13.7 cm. Sleeve 135.
1 item; photographic print.
1930–1939
262-7 GHWR with unidentified woman and child. Photographs of an unidentified child as a baby and as a toddler with GHWR and in arms of unidentified woman. Dimensions: 8.7 x 6 cm (GHWR/5/262-3), 7.7 x 10.4 cm (GHWR/5/264), 8.3 x 6 cm (GHWR/5/265), 8 x 5.6 cm (GHWR/5/266), 5.4 x 6.3 cm (GHWR/5/267). Sleeve 134-5.
6 items; photographic print.
1930–1939
268-71 GHWR, Noël Annan and Kit Nichol. Photographs of GHWR, Noël Annan and Kit Nichol seated in cane chairs in the Fellows' Garden summer house, King's College, Cambridge. Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.9 cm (GHWR/5/268), 8.2 x 8 cm (GHWR/5/269), 14.2 x 8.8 cm (GHWR/5/270), 13.6 x 8.6 (GHWR/5/271). Sleeve 135-6.
Creator: Annan, Noël.
4 items; photographic print.
1938
272 Nares Craig, GHWR and Ian Scott-Kilvert. Photograph of (from bottom to top) Nares Craig, GHWR and Ian Scott-Kilvert standing one behind the other on a ladder leaning against the Queen's Temple at Stowe School, Stowe, Gloucestershire. Dimensions: 13.7 x 8.4 cm. Sleeve 136.
Creator: Annan, Noël.
1 item; photographic print.
1939
273 GHWR, R. F. Kahn, Nora David and Nicholas David. Out of focus photograph of GHWR, R. F. Kahn and Nora David, with Nicholas David in a pram, on the path leading to the Back Gate, King's College, Cambridge. Dimensions: 13 x 8.6 cm. Sleeve 136.
Creator: Annan, Noël.
1 item; photographic print.
1939
274 Sebastian Sprott?. Photograph of a man, possibly Sebastian Sprott, crouching on the steps of a grand building, looking back over his shoulder, cigarette in mouth. Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.8 cm. Sleeve 137.
1 item; photographic print.
1930–1939
275-90 GHWR, Raymond Mortimer, Anne Barnes and unidentified man. Photographs of GHWR, Raymond Mortimer, Anne Barnes and an unidentified man punting and swimming in Cambridge. Modern reprints from original negatives, dimensions: 17.8 x 12.6 cm (GHWR/5/275-83), 12.6 x 17.8 cm (GHWR/284-90). Sleeves 137-44.
6 items; photographic print.
1932–1937
291-4 GHWR, Topsy Lucas and unidentified man. Photographs of GHWR, Topsy Lucas and an unidentified man in a park and at the beach. Modern reprints from original negatives, dimensions: 17.8 x 12.6 cm. Sleeves 145-6.
4 items; photographic print.
1930–1939
295-6 GHWR and 2 unidentified women. Photographs of GHWR and 2 unidentified women on a balcony, abroad. Modern reprints from original negatives, dimensions: 12.6 x 17.8 cm (GHWR/5/295), 17.8 x 12.6 cm (GHWR/5/296). Sleeve 147.
2 items; photographic print.
1930–1939
297-8 Leonard and Virginia Woolf's spaniel, Sally. 2 photographs of Leonard and Virginia Woolf's spaniel, Sally, as 'Flush', possibly taken by Leonard Woolf. Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.2 cm. Sleeve 148.
2 items; photographic print.
1930–1939
299 Arthur Marshall and Frederick Ashton. Postcard photograph of Arthur Marshall and Frederick Ashton standing arm in arm in a field. Dimensions: 13.5 x 8.7 cm. Sleeve 148.
1 item; photographic print.
1930–1939
300-4 Cedar House, Grantchester. Photographs of Cedar House, Grantchester: exterior views of the house and garden. Dimensions: 8.1 x 6 cm (GHWR/5/300), 6 x 8.1 cm (GHWR/5/301-4). Sleeve 149.
5 items; photographic print.
1940–1959
305 St John Hutchinson. Photograph of St John Hutchinson, head and shoulders, in old age. The photograph is mounted on card, dimensions 26.1 x 20.3 cm (photograph 15.1 x 10.6 cm). Sleeve 150.
1 item; photographic print.
c. 1940
306 Arthur Marshall and 2 unidentified men. Photograph of Arthur Marshall and 2 unidentified men, all in Army uniform, in a field. The photograph has been inscribed on the back in an unidentified hand: 'Kit Nichols [sic], chez M. Martin, 75 rue de Vaugirard, Paris Vième'. Dimensions: 8.5 x 6.1cm. Sleeve 149.
1 item; photographic print.
1940–1949
307-8 GHWR, Alexander ('Sandy') Baird and Derek Stanley Smith. Postcard photographs of GHWR, Alexander ('Sandy') Baird and Derek Stanley Smith, the latter 2 in uniform, on the Back Lawn at King's College, Cambridge. Dimensions: 13.3 x 8.5. Sleeves 148 and 151.
2 items; photographic print.
1940–1949
309 GHWR, Patrick Hadley and Reresby Sitwell. Photograph of GHWR, Patrick Hadley and Reresby Sitwell, on the Back Lawn at King's College, Cambridge. Dimensions: 6.6 x 6.1 cm. Sleeve 149.
1 item; photographic print.
1940–1949
310-11 GHWR and an unidentified man. Photographs of GHWR and an unidentified man, both in holiday clothes, walking in an urban setting. The photographs have been stamped on back '2 set. 1947'. Dimensions: 13.4 x 8.4. Sleeve 151.
2 items; photographic print.
1947
312 GHWR with Anne Barnes, Diana Crutchley, Nora David and an unidentified man. Photograph of GHWR on the steps of a building arm in arm with Anne Barnes and Diana Crutchley, Nora David and unidentified man on step behind them. Dimensions: 13.3 x 8.5 cm. Sleeve 151.
1 item; photographic print.
1945–1949
313 G. M. Trevelyan. Studio portrait of G. M. Trevelyan, head and shoulders, in old age. The photograph is mounted on card, dimensions 30.5 x 22.8 cm (photograph 21.3 x 16.3 cm). Sleeve 152.
Creator: Ramsey and Muspratt, Cambridge.
1 item; photographic print.
1950–1959
314 Edward Le Bas, Barbara Ghika, Clive and Vanessa Bell, Peter [? surname] and Duncan Grant. Photograph of (from left to right) Edward Le Bas, Barbara Ghika, Clive and Vanessa Bell, Peter [unknown surname] and Duncan Grant having tea on the terrace of Hotel Britannia, Menton, France. Dimensions: 11.4 x 18.2 cm. Sleeve 153.
Creator: Bagenal, Barbara.
1 item; photographic print.
1950–1959
315-6 Leonard Woolf, Duncan Grant, Cyril Connolly, unidentified woman and girl. Colour photographs of Leonard Woolf, Duncan Grant, Cyril Connolly and an unidentified woman and girl standing in a garden. Dimensions: 8.9 x 8.9 cm. Sleeve 154.
2 items; photographic print.
1960–1969
317 GHWR and Sir Stanley Robinson. Photograph of GHWR and Sir Stanley Robinson seated outside his house at Stepleton, Iwerne Stepleton, Dorset. Dimensions: 9 x 9 cm. Sleeve 154.
1 item; photographic print.
1960–1969
318 GHWR, Raymond Mortimer and Anne Barnes. Photograph of GHWR, Raymond Mortimer and Anne Barnes standing at the edge of a lake. Dimensions: 7.9 x 11.4 cm. Sleeve 154.
1 item; photographic print.
1950–1959
319 Raymond Mortimer, Anne Barnes and GHWR. Photograph of Raymond Mortimer, Anne Barnes and GHWR sitting in a wicker tobogan about to be taken down a steeply sloping street in Monte, Madeira. Dimensions: 13.8 x 8.9 cm. Sleeve 155.
1 item; photographic print.
1960–1969
320 Simon Raven. Photograph of Simon Raven seated in a sun lounger outdoors. Dimensions: 11.4 x 16 cm. Sleeve 155.
1 item; photographic print.
1960–1969
321-2 GHWR and Roger Senhouse. Photograph of GHWR and Roger Senhouse seated at an outside dining table in a garden, after a meal. Dimensions: 8.8 x 12.7 cm. Sleeve 155.
2 items; photographic print.
1960–1969
323 Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell. Modern reprint of a photograph of Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell seated picnicking on the steps of a building. Dimensions: 16.3 x 20.6 cm. Sleeve 156.
1 item; photographic print.
1960–1969
324-5 GHWR and Charles Garrett Ponsonby Moore (Lord Drogheda). Colour photographs of GHWR and Charles Garrett Ponsonby Moore (Lord Drogheda) in the garden of his house on the Isle of Eigg, Scotland. Dimensions: 8.1 x 11.11cm. Sleeve 157.
2 items; photographic print.
June 1965
326 GHWR, Anne Barnes and Nancy Thomas. Colour photograph of GHWR, Anne Barnes and Nancy Thomas standing outside a cottage in the Dordogne, France. Dimensions: 12.6 x 12.8 cm. Sleeve 153.
1 item; photographic print.
Dec. 1969
327-31 GHWR, Eardley Knollys and Colin Mackenzie. Colour photographs of GHWR, Eardley Knollys and Colin Mackenzie walking and reading in the garden of the Mackenzie house, Kyle House, Kyleakin, Isle of Skye, Scotland. Dimensions: 12.9 x 12.6 cm. Sleeves 158-9.
5 items; photographic print.
c. 1970
332 GHWR and the Wrangham family. Photograph of GHWR and five members of the Wrangham family standing together as a group at the Old Race Course, Richmond, Yorkshire. Dimensions: 8.1 x 11.7 cm. Sleeve 160.
1 item; photographic print.
Aug. 1971
333-6 GHWR, Colin and Evelyn Mackenzie. Colour photographs of GHWR, Colin and Evelyn Mackenzie, walking, reading and sitting in the garden of the Mackenzie house, Kyle House, Kyleakin, Isle of Skye, Scotland. Dimensions: 8.9 x 8.8 cm. Sleeves 160-1.
4 items; photographic print.
May 1972
337-41 GHWR, Ian and Trekkie Parsons and Dierdre Hart-Davis. Colour photographs of GHWR, Ian and Trekkie Parsons and Dierdre Hart-Davis, standing together in a town street and picnicking on a hillside, Gubbio, Italy. Dimensions: 12.7 x 8.8 cm (GHWR/5/337-8), 8.8 x 12.7 cm (GHWR/5/339-41). Sleeves 161-2.
5 items; photographic print.
Dec. 1972-Jan. 1973
342 GHWR running across a villa courtyard. Colour photograph of GHWR running across a villa courtyard in Corfu, Greece. Dimensions: 8.8 x 8.8 cm. Sleeve 162.
Creator: Spender, Stephen.
1 item; photographic print.
Apr. 1974
343 GHWR standing next to a sundial. Colour photograph of GHWR standing next to a sundial in a villa courtyard, Corfu, Greece. Dimensions: 8.8 x 8.8 cm. Sleeve 162.
Creator: Ashcroft, Peggy.
1 item; photographic print.
May 1977
344 GHWR and Eardley Knollys. Colour photograph of GHWR and Eardley Knollys sitting back to back on a bench at the foot of a tree in Bavaria, Germany. Dimensions: 8.8 x 8.8 cm. Sleeve 163.
Creator: Partridge, Frances.
1 item; photographic print.
1979
345 GHWR gardening. Colour photograph of GHWR gardening at Parkside House, Englefield Green, Surrey, the home of Charles Garrett Ponsonby and Joan Moore (Lord and Lady Drogheda). Dimensions: 9.7 x 10.1 cm. Sleeve 163.
1 item; photographic print.
1983
346-8 GHWR and Jim McCue. Photograph of GHWR in his rooms at King's College, Cambridge, and with Jim McCue. Dimensions: 25 x 20.3 cm. Sleeve 164-6.
Creator: Jim McCue and Granville Davies.
1 item; photographic print.
1980–1989
349 John Sparrow. Portrait of John Sparrow seated at his desk, All Souls College, Oxford. Dimensions: 25.5 x 20.3 cm. Sleeve 167.
Creator: Jim McCue and Granville Davies.
1 item; photographic print.
1984

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