Janus: The Papers of Lydia Lopokova Keynes

King's/PP/LLK contains:
1	Ballet
2	Drama
3	Broadcasts, talks and public speaking
4	Articles and reviews by Lydia Lopokova Keynes
5	Correspondence
6	Biographica
7	Photographs and drawings
8	Posthumous items

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The Papers of Lydia Lopokova Keynes

Title	Photographs and drawings
Reference	LLK/7 (former reference: JMK/PP/27 and 29)
Covering Dates	1800–1949
Extent and Medium	29 envelopes; photographic print, paper and cloth

Content and context

This series contains photographs and drawings of Lydia Lopokova Keynes, photographs of family and friends, and drawings related to other performers and performances.

The photographs were formerly catalogued as JMK/PP/27, the drawings as JMK/PP/29.

Further information

Several drawings by Picasso and Derain were removed from the archive for framing and hanging in the Provost's Lodge in 1958.

King's/PP/LLK/7 contains:

Family photographs. This file contains photographs of Lydia Lopokova Keynes' mother, brothers [possibly Nikolai and Andrei], and other family members. Possibly taken in St. Petersburg.
11 prints in envelope; photographic print.

1900–1930

Assorted photographs. Photographs of Fedor Lopukhov, stage scenery and dancers performing Lopukhov's "The Ice Maiden". The principal male role of Asak was danced by Petr Gusev, and the principal female roles of the Ice Maiden and the girl Solveig were danced by Olga Mungalova. Russian captions appear on the reverse sides of eleven of the photographs. There is also a photograph of an unidentified man and woman seated in a park in Paris, signed 'Cecil', 1910.
14 prints in envelope; photographic print.

1910–1936

'Ice Maiden' captions. Translations of the captions on the photographs in LLK/7/2, and a photocopy article by Elizabeth Souritz about Lopukhov's 'Ice Maiden'.
paper.

1980–2007

Photographs from 'Good humoured ladies'. This file contains photographs of Lydia Lopokova Keynes and other cast members in costume and on stage.
8 prints in envelope; photographic print.

1918

Drawing of Lydia Lopokova Keynes, seated, by Picasso. Copy print of a line engraving of this drawing, originally executed in London, differing in the position of Picasso's signature.
2 prints in envelope; paper.

1919

Ballet portraits of Lydia Lopokova Keynes. Three photographs (2 by Malcolm Arbuthnot from 'La princesse enchantée' and 'La carnaval', 1 by Dorothy Wilding from 'Papillons'), part of a group of 10 proposed for 'Lydia Lopokova: an album of camera portraits' to be published by C.W. Beaumont; with 'mock up' of cover design by Randolph Swabe.
3 sheets and cover in envelope; paper.

1922

Pencil sketch of female dancer in folk dress. The artist of this sketch has not been identifed.
1 sheet in envelope; paper.

Production of 'A doll's house' at the Cambridge Arts Theatre. Postcards of scenery and actors on stage in the Cambridge production of the Ibsen play.
34 cards in envelope; paper.

1936

Photograph of Polly Hill, seated, reading.
1 print in envelope; paper.

1940–1949

Lydia Lopokova Keynes as Mariuccia. Coloured engraving of the dancer in 'Good humoured ladies'.
Creator: Allinson, Adrian.
1 sheet in envelope; paper.

1918

Lydia Lopokova Keynes and Leonide Massine dancing the can-can. Copy print of a drawing of the two dancers in 'La boutique fantasque'.
Creator: Knight, Laura.
1 print in envelope; paper.

1919

Lydia Lopokova Keynes seated at a table listening to music. A copy print of a drawing.
Creator: Knight, Laura.
1 print in envelope; paper.

1919

Young girl holding a doll in each hand. A copy print of an engraving.
Creator: Bakst, Leon.
1 print in envelope; paper.

1921

Lydia Lopokova Keynes in profile, head and shoulders. A copy print of a drawing.
Creator: Strawinsky, T.
1 print in envelope; paper.

1921

Lydia Lopokova Keynes as 'L'Ecossaise'. Copy print of a drawing of the dancer as she danced a Scotch reel at Covent Garden.
Creator: Grant, Duncan.
1 print in envelope; paper.

1922

Lydia Lopokova Keynes in ballet costume, head and shoulders. Print of drawings.
Creator: Schwabe, Randolph.
1 print in envelope; paper.

1920–1929

2 female dancers in Spanish dress on stage, watched from a box by an audience of 3. A watercolour, artist and date unknown.
1 item in envelope; paper.

Ink drawing by William Nicholson, possibly of Leonide Massine. Photographic copy.
Creator: Nicholson, William.
1 item in envelope; photographic print.

Costume designs for 17th century characters. Design in crayon for the costume of a 17th century nobleman and design in watercolour for the costume of a 17th century man servant. Artist, production and date not given.
2 items in envelope; paper.

Costume designs for two women. Two costume designs for an unidentified production: 1, in crayon, for a female bodice, skirt and lace mantilla; the other, in watercolour, for a female dress in a turkish style. Fabric samples attached.
Creator: Derain, André.
2 items in envelope; paper and cloth.

Female costumes of 'Coppelia' and 'Svanilda'. Two painted sketches.
Creator: Derain, André.
2 items in envelope; paper.

1933

Painted set design for 'Le misanthrope'.
Creator: Derain, André.
1 item in envelope; paper.

1937

Painted titles for 'Arlequin' and 'Le misanthrope'.
Creator: Derain, André.
2 items in envelope; paper.

1937–1938

Letter from Lydia Lopokova Keynes to Miss William of the Old Vic theatre. 1 typed letter, signed, enclosing a Derain design (not present).
1 sheet in envelope; paper.

22 Aug. 1938

Man holding a plant in one hand. Copy print of a drawing.
Creator: Collins, Cecil.
1 sheet in cardboard frame; paper.

1944

Two collage pictures. Two pictures made from figures cut out of prints: 1 of a black male, the other a noble white female, both in 18th century dress.
2 items in envelope; paper.

Engravings from 'La belle assemblée or sketches of characteristic dancing'. Two coloured engravings from the comic series of prints.
2 items in envelope; paper.

1800–1850

Engraving of Giulietta Grisi, opera singer.
1 item in envelope; paper.

1834

Engraving of Maria Taglioni, ballerina. With biographical article.
2 items in envelope; paper.

Ballerina on her points, in the costume of a butterfly. A coloured engraving, artist and date not given.
1 item in envelope; paper.