Janus: The Papers of Roger Eliot Fry

King's/PP/REF contains:
1	Fry's writings
2	Lecture slides
3	Correspondence
4	Notebooks, sketches, and designs
5	Diaries
6	Photographs
7	Personal papers
8	Writings by others
9	Books owned by Roger Fry
10	News cuttings
11	Posthumous publications of writings by Roger Fry
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The Papers of Roger Eliot Fry

Title	Fry's writings
Reference	REF/1
Covering Dates	1870–1934 (Many lectures are dateable only tentatively by the handwriting.)
Extent and Medium	175 files; paper

Content and context

These papers comprise juvenilia, books, articles, reviews, lectures, memoirs and poetry.

Fry lectured from the late 1880s onwards, frequently cannibalising old lectures in the preparation of new. Usually the last version of a lecture survives amongst the papers, reworked from earlier drafts, along with many discarded or seemingly confused excerpts from larger wholes.

In the catalogue of lectures, the names of artists are recorded in the order and form in which they first appear.

Further information

The slides used to illustrate the lectures are catalogue as REF/2/1.

King's/PP/REF/1 contains:

Dialogue between a lawn and a holly tree. Autograph manuscript.
1 pocket notebook in envelope; paper; Manuscript.

1870–1879

'A journal about Bettws y Coed and Capel Curig'. Manuscript, possibly in his mother's hand, signed by REF.
2 double sheets in envelope; paper.

11 Oct. 1873

'How we are governed'. Autograph manuscript of school boy answers to questions on British political institutions.
9 sheets in envelope; paper.

20 July 1880

Essay on the effects of Millon's reagent on wood. Autograph manuscript written towards the Tripos in Natural Sciences.
4 sheets in envelope; paper.

1885–1889

'William Blake'. Autograph manuscript, 2 versions of a paper [? written for a College discussion society - on the reverse of one sheet is a list of contemporary Kingsmen].
8 sheets in envelope; paper.

29 Nov. 1886

'Aestheticism and Symbolism'. Autograph manuscript paper [? written for a College discussion society].
14 sheets in envelope; paper.

1885–1889

Satirical piece on psychical phenomena. Untitled autograph manuscript.
3 sheets in envelope; paper.

1885–1889

'The Day of Judgement - a dream'. Autograph manuscript satirical piece.
2 sheets in envelope; paper.

1885–1889

Constitution of the 'Sacred Society of the Black Claw of the Blessed Bandersnatch'. Autograph manuscript, with humourous address to the Queens of Madimbonia.
2 sheets in envelope; paper.

1885–1889

Autograph manuscript papers to the Cambridge Conversazione Society, the 'Apostles'. The papers comprise:. 'Epicurus or Emerson'. 11 Feb. 1888 (formerly catalogued as 2/2); . 'Must Mahomet go to the mountain?'. June 1888 (formerly catalogued as 2/3); . 'Shall we sit on the safety valve?'. Nov. 1888 (formerly catalogued as 2/5); . 'Shall we wear top hats?'. 8 Dec. 1888 (formerly catalogued as 2/6); . 'Shall we obey?'. Dec. 1888 [sic recte Nov. 1887] (formerly catalogued as 2/7); . 'Shall we seek first ye kingdom of heaven that all things may be added unto us or shall we add all these things unto us that we may find the kingdom of heaven?'. Mar. 1889 (formerly catalogued as 2/8 and part of 13/D); . 'Are we compelled by the true and Apostolic faith to regard the standard of beauty as relative?'. Oct. 1889 (formerly catalogued as 2/9); . 'Look we for another?'. No date [1887-1889] (formerly catalogued as 3/4); . 'Ought we to be Hermaphrodite?'. No date [1887-1889] (formerly catalogued as 3/5); . 'Mr Westcott or Mr Whistler?'. No date [1887-1889] (formerly catalogued as 3/6); . 'Classical painting'. No date [1887-1889] (formerly catalogued as 11/2); . 'Shall we temporize?'. No date [1887-1889], with unrelated fragments (formerly catalogued as iii/2.10); . 'Do we exist?'. [1920s] 2 versions (formerly catalogued as 12/12-13); . 'Man does not live by bread alone'. [1920s] (formerly catalogued as 11/1).
118 sheets in envelope; paper.

1887–1930

Notes for a speech at the annual dinner of the 'Apostles' in Richmond. Autograph manuscript.
1 sheet in envelope; paper.

1906

Off-prints of article 'On aggregations of proteid in the cells of Euphorbia splendens', from Annals of Botany Vol. V, No. XX, Nov. 1891. Two copies. One copy is inscribed to REF's mother, Dec. 1891; the other contains a copy of Professor Vines and Mr S.J. Harmer's report on REF's Fellowship Dissertation on the same subject, 1889.
2 items in envelope; paper; Printed.

1891

'Some problems of phenomenology and its application to Greek art: a dissertation'. Manuscript, in several hands, of REF's Fellowship Dissertation, with comments [? by Alfred Waterhouse] and related research notes on Leonardo da Vinci from reading and lectures.
Approximately 55 sheets in envelope; paper.

1891

Fellowship Dissertation reports. Manuscript copies of reports by Professor J. Henry Middleton and Mr Farnell on REF's Fellowship Dissertation.
Creator: Professor J. Henry Middleton and Mr Farnell.
4 sheets in envelope; paper.

1891

'On the profile head ascribed to Piero dei Franceschi in the National Gallery'. Autograph manuscript article.
25 sheets in envelope; paper.

1889-

Impressions on returning to England after a year abroad. Untitled autograph manuscript.
1 sheet in envelope; paper.

1898

Synopsis of REF's article 'An essay in aesthetics'. Manuscript in an unidentified hand.
1 sheet in envelope; paper.

1909-

Appreciation of Sir Aston Webb's buildings in Spring Gardens, Westminster. Untitled autograph manuscript.
6 sheets in envelope; paper.

1910-

Review of Edgar Gorer and J.F. Blacker 'Chinese porcelain and hard stones ...', Bernard Quaritch: London, 1911. Autograph manuscript.
5 sheets in envelope; paper.

1911

'Durer. Introduction'. Autograph manuscript.
20 sheets in envelope; paper.

Oct. 1913

'The Colliseum' [sic]. Autograph manuscript review of an evening's entertainment at the Coliseum Theatre, including the Ballets Russes and American folk songs.
9 sheets in envelope; paper.

1913

'The Friends' work for war victims in France'. Autograph manuscript and typescript versions, with 10 postcards of the devastation of towns and churches in France, 1914-17, particularly after the Battle of the Marne, Sept. 1914.
58 items in envelope; paper.

1915–1917

'Childrens' drawings'. Autograph manuscripts with cuttings [? from a published article] of pictures by children.
43 sheets in envelope; paper.

1917

'Nationalism in art'. Autograph manuscript. Ends abruptly.
3 sheets in envelope; paper.

1918-

24A

'The Religion of Culture'. Copy of the journal 'The Dial', October 1925, Vol. 79 no. 4, containing this five page article.
1 booklet; paper.

October 1925

24B

'A conversation with Prince Mirsky while dining at the Hotel de l'Etoile Chablis Sept. 7, [19]25'. Autograph manuscript draft of an article by Fry reporting the said interview about 'the relation of autobiography to the novel and the esthetic problem of literature in relation to both of these forms'.
Creator: Fry, Roger Eliot.
8 pages; paper.

Sep 7 1925

'Preface to Vision and Design No. 2'. Autograph manuscript published under the title 'Transformations'.
2 sheets in envelope; paper.

1926

Notes on paintings and preface for a guide to the National Gallery. Autograph manuscript notes. Includes a typed letter signed from Robert Tatlock to REF suggesting he include a chapter based on the guide in his new [third] edition of 'Vision and Design', 12 May 1926.
40 sheets in envelope; paper.

1925–1926

Reflections on Germany and its art collections. Untitled autograph manuscript written sometime during Fry's visit to Frankfurt, Dresden and Munich.
26 sheets in envelope; paper.

May 1928-June 1928

'The exhibition at Burlington House'. Autograph manuscript review, with manuscript amendments [? by the editor]. Ends abruptly. The file also contains unrelated notes on art criticism.
33 sheets in envelope; paper.

12 Jan. 1929

'The meaning of pictures'. Typescript and carbon typescript versions of 5 broadcast talks.
34 sheets in envelope; paper.

25 Sept. 1929–23 Oct. 1929

Review of Russian ikons at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Untitled autograph manuscript and carbon typsecript.
45 sheets in envelope; paper.

Nov. 1929

'Railway stations and cathedrals'. Autograph manuscript describing the new station at Metz, France.
4 sheets in envelope; paper.

1920–1929

'Doolittle's sister: a dream story'. Autograph manuscript short story on the aesthetics of dress. Ends abruptly.
5 sheets in envelope; paper.

1920–1929

'London'. Autograph manuscript on REF's emotional reactions to the city.
2 sheets in envelope; paper.

1920–1929

'Henri Matisse'. Autograph manuscript and carbon typescripts.
73 sheets in envelope; paper.

1930

'Persian Art'. Autograph manuscript.
40 sheets in envelope; paper.

1930

Autograph manuscript 'BBC' and carbon typescript of same entitled 'The Italian Exhibition'.
27 sheets in envelope; paper.

1 Jan. 1930

'The Persian Exhibition BBC'. Autograph manuscript (and typescript copy of 1 sheet) for broadcast. Marked by editor, 'Treasures of Persia: IV Persian Art ...'.
33 sheets in envelope; paper.

30 Jan. 1931

'Quelques reflexions sus [sic] l'art francais'. Carbon typescript.
6 sheets in envelope; paper; Typewritten.

1931

'The Flemalle, Van der Weyden question June 1931'. Autograph manuscript, headed in Margery Fry's hand.
10 sheets in envelope; paper.

June 1931

'Characteristics of French painting'. Typescript and carbon typescript, one copy slightly different from the other, both headed 'Tuesday 22 December 1931 at 6.50pm'. For broadcast.
17 sheets in envelope; paper.

22 Dec. 1931

'BBC'. Autograph manuscript on mechanical mass production, sensibility and beauty.
28 sheets in envelope; paper.

1932

'Cimabue, a critical study by Alfred Nicholson Princeton University Press'. Autograph manuscript review, with amendments in an editor's hand.
6 sheets in envelope; paper.

May 1932

'The drawings of Antoine Watteau by K.T. Parker (Bedford)'. Autograph manuscript review, with amendments in an editor's hand.
7 sheets in envelope; paper.

Feb. 1932

'On the encouragement of design in British manufactures'. Carbon typescripts of a memorandum, with a photocopy of the piece published as an appendix to 'Art and Industry: report of the Committee appointed by the Board of Trade ... on the production and exhibition of articles of good design and every-day use', HMSO: London, 1932.
13 sheets in envelope; paper.

1932

'Burlington House private view'. Autograph manuscript exhibition review, assessing the annual winter exhibition of English painting from the Saxon era to c.1860.
10 sheets in envelope; paper.

1933

'Pictures and the modern home'. Autograph manuscript written for 'Vanity Fair'.
8 sheets in envelope; paper.

1930–1939

'Venetia revisited'. Autograph manuscript on the character, architecture and paintings of Milan, particulary the 'Last Supper' fresco of Leonardo da Vinci recently cleaned by Cavenaglii.
10 sheets in envelope; paper.

'The five best pictures in the world'. Autograph manuscript. Considers Giotto's 'Marriage of the virgin' fresco in the Arena Chapel in Padua; Raphael's 'Madonna of the fish'; an unnamed work by Rembrandt; Velazquez's 'Las Meninas'; and Cezanne's 'M. Geffroy'.
16 sheets in envelope; paper.

The aesthetics of musical appreciation. Untitled typescripts [? chapters of a book] on the aesthetics of musical appreciation and different types of songs and singing.
42 sheets in envelope; paper.

'Daumier'. Autograph manuscript and typescript.
37 sheets in envelope; paper.

'Claude Le Lorain'. Autograph manuscript with marginal references to picture numbers, as in an exhibition catalogue.
9 sheets in envelope; paper.

'Why do we frame our pictures?'. Autograph manuscript.
11 sheets in envelope; paper.

'Paul Potter'. Autograph manuscript.
6 sheets in envelope; paper.

Short story. Untitled autograph manuscript concerning James G. Bulford and his breakfast of strawberries in a Paris hotel. Ends abruptly.
3 sheets in envelope; paper.

Chance patterns in nature and man-made patterns in art. Untitled autograph manuscript.
5 sheets in envelope; paper.

The architecture of Ancient Greece. Untitled autograph manuscript appreciation of the architecture of Ancient Greece in general and of the Acropolis in particular.
10 sheets in envelope; paper.

'The early Flemish painters'. Autograph manuscript of a lecture given to the Fine Art Society.
8 sheets and 4 double sheets in envelope; paper.

19 Oct. 1888

'The philosophy of Impressionism'. Typescript lecture with autograph manuscript alterations.
13 sheets in envelope; paper.

1894

'The Rucellai Madonna'. Autograph manuscript lecture on J.P. Richter's attribution of the painting to Duccio. REF argues for Cimabue. The lecture contains slide references.
18 sheets in envelope; paper.

1895–1900

'Velasquez'. Autograph manuscript lecture in three parts, with additional piece on the painter as courtier with particular reference to Velazquez.
166 sheets in 3 envelopes; paper.

18 Aug. 1896–20 Aug. 1896

Chronological tables of Italian artists and their works, 1310-1520. Autograph manuscript.
3 double sheets in envelope; paper.

1890–1900

Notes from several early lectures on Italian art. Autograph manuscripts.
24 sheets in envelope; paper.

1890–1900

Cambridge University Extension Lectures: Ten lectures on Venetian art of the 15th century.
10 envelopes; paper.

1894–1909

Cambridge University Extension Lectures: Eight lectures on Venetian art of the 16th century.
8 envelopes; paper.

1894–1909

Cambridge University Extension Lectures: Ten lectures on early Florentine painting.
10 envelopes; paper.

1894–1910

Cambridge University Extension Lectures: Ten lectures on later Florentine painting.
10 envelopes; paper.

1894–1910

Six lectures on Florentine art.
6 envelopes; paper.

1890–1899

Two lectures on Venetian painting.
2 envelopes; paper.

1890–1899

Four lectures on Florentine art of the 15th century. Autograph manuscript lectures cannibalised by REF. Two contain notes of the contents in the hand of Pamela Diamond. The lectures refer to the art of Botticelli, Pisanello, Brunelleschi, Masolino, Fra Angelico, Filippo Lippi, Benozzo, Pollaiuolo, Signorelli.
136 sheets in envelope; paper.

1890–1899

Syllabus for 10 lectures on Venetian art of the 15th century. Lecture series to be given by REF at the house of the late Lord Leighton, 2 Holland Park Road, Kensington.
1 sheet; paper; Printed.

19 Oct.

Syllabus for 12 lectures on Venetian art of the 14th -16th centuries. Lecture series to be given by REF as part of the Cambridge University Local Lectures, in London.
4 booklets in envelope; paper; Printed.

1898

Untitled manuscript on preparatory studies. Autograph manuscript with slide references. Marked 'AWG. [Art Workers' Guild] Paper Jan. 1902'.
7 sheets in envelope; paper.

Jan. 1902

'Giotto'. Autograph manuscript with references to slide illustrations.
22 sheets in envelope; paper.

1902

'Giorgione'. Autograph manuscript with references to slide illustrations. Includes the conclusion to a lecture series on Italian art. Given at Harrow.
33 sheets in envelope; paper.

1902

'Piero di Cosimo'. Autograph manuscript with references to slide illustrations.
96 sheets in envelope; paper.

1902–1903

Six lectures.
6 envelopes; paper.

1905–1907

'First lecture'. Typescript with autograph manuscript alterations. This is a later version, differing markedly towards the end, of the lecture catalogued as 1/76/1.
13 sheets in envelope; paper.

1905–1907

'Lyric - odd and extra sheets'. Autograph manuscript. These papers are rejects and left-overs from a rewriting of the lecture catalogued as 1/76/4.
22 sheets in envelope; paper.

1905–1907

Part of a lecture on the comedic in painting. Autograph manuscript and typescript papers. These are rejects from a rewriting of the lecture now catalogued as 1/76/5.
20 sheets in envelope; paper.

1905–1907

Conclusion to a lecture on modern painting, and 'Lecture 1 Manchester'. Autograph manuscripts. 'Lecture 1 Manchester' contains notes likening graphic arts to music and poetry and dividing art into the epic, dramatic, lyric and comedic.
3 sheets in envelope; paper.

1905

Lecture analysing how pictures achieve their emotional effect. Autograph manuscript lecture with slide references, considering the importance of composition and unity, linear design, plane, mass, colour, light and shade. The lecture refers to the work of Fra Bartolommeo, Giorgione, Raphael, Titian, Tintoretto, Pollaiuolo, Michelangelo and El Greco. Ends abruptly.
12 sheets in envelope; paper.

1905

Lecture on the drawing of the 13th-16th centuries. Typescript lecture with manuscript alterations, considering composition and chiaroscuro as elements of expression. The lecture refers to the work of Rodin, Martini, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo, Pollaiuolo, Donatello, Watteau, Brueghel and Rembrandt, and includes references to slide illustrations. Begins and ends abruptly.
14 sheets in envelope; paper.

1908–1909

'Naturalism in Italian Painting'.
2 bundles of loose sheets in envelope; paper.

1905–1907

'Some principles of design'. Autograph manuscript refering to children's drawings and the art of Giotto.
16 sheets in envelope; paper.

1905

Untitled lecture on children's drawing, cave paintings of prehistoric man and the bush men of Africa and Australia, Ancient Greek art. Autograph manuscript. Begins and ends abruptly.
18 sheets in envelope; paper.

1905

'Expression and representation in the graphic arts'. Autograph manuscript lecture with comments in Margery Fry's hand. Given at the Oxford Philosophical Society.
36 sheets in envelope; paper.

10 May 1908

'Pisanello and court of the Este's'. Autograph manuscript of a lecture given at Clifton College, Bristol.
1 bundle in envelope; paper.

1900–1909

Six lectures on monumental painting.
6 envelopes; paper.

1911

'Early Christian art'. Autograph manuscript lecture.
3 sheets in envelope; paper.

1911-

'Principles of Design'.
5 envelopes; paper.

1920–1929

'Principles of pictorial design (4 lectures) I (shorter version)'. Autograph manuscript of lecture given at the Slade School of Art. The lectures were conceived as part of a series of 4 and were subsequently expanded to 5 (see REF 1/90). The papers appear to be incomplete; sheets 6-11 were incorporated into REF 1/90/1. [1910s].
27 sheets in envelope; paper.

1910–1919

'Modern Art Cambridge go on with No. V of Principles of design'. Autograph manuscript lecture with references to slide illustrations. The lecture refers to the art of Mathias Grunewald, Walker, Blake, Raphael, Poynter, Corot, Rubens, Manet and Renoir.
17 sheets in envelope; paper.

1920–1929

Two concluding sheets on the themes of linear design and emotion in artistic expression. Autograph manuscripts.
2 sheets in envelope; paper.

1910–1919

Assorted papers on the principles of design. Autograph manuscripts, referring to the art of Tintoretto (sheet 20), Seurat and Bonnard (sheet 33-4), Vermeer and Leonardo da Vinci (sheets 42-7: this section may be the continuation of 1/90/4).
9 sheets in envelope; paper.

1920–1929

Syllabus for six lectures 'Some principles of design'. Lectures given at the Slade School of Fine Art on Fridays from 14 Nov. 1913.
1 sheet; paper; Printed.

14 Nov. 1913–19 Dec. 1913

'Art of linear design'.
4 envelopes; paper.

1910–1919

'Quelques peintres francais modernes'. Autograph manuscript translation into English of a lecture given in French to the Club Francais of London University. The file also contains manuscript, typescript and published versions in French.
7 items in envelope; paper.

1 Mar. 1916

'Romanticists'. Autograph manuscript lecture with references to slide illustrations. The lecture refers to the art of Gericault, Delacroix, Millet, Daumier, Rossetti, Stevens, Degas, Courbet and Rodin. It forms part of a larger series of lectures on 19th century art: Classicism, Romanticism, Realism, Symbolism.
24 sheets in envelope; paper.

1890–1919

'The function and scope of representation in the graphic arts'. Autograph manuscript. The lecture refers to the art of Courbet, Blake, Reynolds, to Japanese art and Greek sculpture.
10 sheets in envelope; paper.

1910–1919

100

Three lectures on the art of the 17th century.
3 bundles of loose sheets in envelopes; paper.

June 1922

101

Transcript of lectures on the art of the 17th century.
3 bundles in envelope; paper.

June 1922

102

Rembrandt. Carbon typescript lecture with the same text as that catalogued as REF 1/100/2.
23 sheets in envelope; paper.

1922

103

Rembrandt. Carbon typescript lecture. The text follows the first eleven sheets only of the autograph manuscript version catalogued as REF 1/100/2.
14 sheets in envelope; paper.

1922

104

Rembrandt. Typescript lecture. The text largely follows the autograph manuscript version catalogued as REF 1/100/2, with several omissions.
18 sheets in envelope; paper.

1922

105

Rembrandt. Carbon typescript of a lecture, with some alterations in an unidentified hand. The text follows that of the lecture catalogued as REF 1/101/2, and incorporates manuscript changes made to that version.
27 sheets in envelope; paper.

1922

106

Assorted papers relating to the lecture on Rembrandt. The papers comprise a carbon typescript, annotated and with further loose sheets of notes by Pamela Diamand; an autograph manuscript of sheet 4 from the version catalogued as REF 1/100/2; two carbon typescript sheets from the version catalogued as REF 1/103; the first galley of 'Rembrandt: An Interpretation' (Apollo, Mar. 1962); cutting of 'Old Masters at Messrs. Agnews.' (New Statesman, Dec. 1922); cutting of 'Pictures, Prices and Prestige' by REF from Radio Times, 6 Apr. 1928.
35 sheets in envelope; paper.

1922–1962

107

Poussin. Typescript with autograph manuscript alterations, and carbon typescript lecture. The text follows the first 21 sheets and the last 8 sheets of the version catalogued as REF 1/100/3.
33 sheets in envelope; paper.

1922

108

'Somerville Lecture Modern Art I lecture went on with selections from No. V of Principle of Design'. Autograph manuscript of lecture with references to slide illustrations throughout.
7 sheets in envelope; paper.

19 Feb. 1923

109

'Rubens Leeds version'. Autograph manuscript lecture.
13 sheets in envelope; paper.

Feb. 1923

110

'Rubens'. Carbon typescript lecture with references to slide illustrations.
22 sheets in envelope; paper.

1923

111

'Oxford. The Present Situation'. Autograph manuscript lecture.
37 sheets in envelope; paper.

13 Nov. 1924

112

Two lectures on pictorial design.
2 envelopes; paper.

21 Nov. 1924

113

'Dunfermline Dec. 24. The Present outlook. Painting and applied art'. Autograph manuscript lecture with references to slide illustrations. Ends abruptly.
55 sheets in envelope; paper.

Dec. 1924

114

'J. S. Mill'. Autograph manuscript lecture given at Pontigny.
9 sheets in envelope; paper.

5 Sept. 1925

115

'Lecture to London Day Training College. The Subject in Painting'. Autograph manuscript lecture with references to slide illustrations.
19 sheets in envelope; paper.

22 Mar. 1926

116

'Leeds'. Autograph manuscript lecture about the exhibition of contemporary British art in Leeds, sponsored by Sir Joseph Duveen. The lecture surveys developments in art in the last hundred years and refers to the art of Constable, Claude, Landseer, Frith, the Pre-Raphaelites, Rossetti, Millais, Corot, Manet, Monet, Sisley, Renoir, Degas, Wilson Steer, Sickert, Cezanne, Grant, Bell, Gertler, Spencer. Contains references to slide illustrations.
53 sheets in envelope; paper.

1927

117

Two lectures on Modern Art.
2 envelopes; paper.

17 Jan. 1927–18 Jan. 1927

118

Flemish art. Autograph manuscript and typescript of lecture given at the Queen's Hall, Langham Place in connection with the Burlington House exhibition of Flemish art.
80 sheets in envelope; paper.

1927

119

Two lectures on Cezanne.
2 bundles of folders; paper.

1927

120

'Cezanne III'. Lecture made up of autograph manuscript sheets and printed extracts [? from REF's book Cezanne (1927)] annotated with notes of slide illustrations.
23 sheets in envelope; paper.

1927-

121

'Lecture III'. Lecture on Cezanne, made up of autograph manuscript sheets and annotated printed extracts [? from REF's book Cezanne (1927)] pasted onto sheets.
37 sheets in envelope; paper.

1927-

122

Stray sheets from lectures on i) Cezanne and ii) the origins of Impressionism. Autograph manuscripts.
4 sheets in envelope; paper.

1920–1929

123

'Monte Carlo. Form and Sentiment'. Autograph manuscript lecture with references to slide illustrations. Given in Monte Carlo.
66 sheets in envelope; paper.

4 Apr. 1928

124

Untitled lecture. Untitled autograph manuscript, similar in content to that catalogued as REF 1/123 (Form and Sentiment).
40 sheets in envelope; paper.

1928

125

'East Anglia'. Autograph manuscript lecture on the art of the region and the collection policies of regional museums and galleries. The lecture refers to Constable. It was given at Norwich City Art Gallery after REF's return from a tour of Germany.
4 sheets in envelope; paper.

June 1928-

126

'Representation in Art'. Autograph manuscript lecture, given to an unidentified philosophical society.
45 sheets in envelope; paper.

Jan. 1929-Feb. 1929

127

'Athenaeum'. Autograph manuscript of an after-dinner speech on Modern Art.
19 sheets in envelope; paper.

11 Mar. 1929

128

The universality of rhythm. Autograph manuscript on the universality of rhythm as a property of all works of art. Considers poetry, music and painting.
6 sheets in envelope; paper.

1920–1929

129

Simplicity and functionalism. Autograph manuscript on simplicity and functionalism in western architecture, interior design, decoration and furniture from the 17th century to the present. The lecture refers to the prose of Milton, Swift and Woolf in a discussion of the 'Syntax of design', and to the architecture of Le Corbusier. Includes pages from REF 1/150.
27 sheets in envelope; paper.

1925–1929

130

'History of Art'. Autograph manuscript. Refers to the ancient empires of Egypt, Greece, Mesopotamia, Crete, China, India and Asia.
10 sheets in envelope; paper.

1920–1929

131

'Drawing or design'. Autograph manuscript with references to slide illustrations. The lecture refers to children's drawings, Egyptian art, Chinese painting, the art of Pisanello, Ma Lin, the Han Dynasty, Li Lung Mien, Michelangelo, Paolo Uccello, Justinian, Lorenzo Monaco, Brueghel and Rembrandt.
24 sheets in envelope; paper.

1920–1929

132

'The High Ren[aissance] I'. Autograph manuscript lecture, part of a series on Italian art. The file also contains 1 sheet concluding a lecture on the history of art, seemingly misplaced here.
9 sheets in envelope; paper.

1920–1929

133

Assorted papers on art. Autograph manuscripts: 1 sheet on art and curiosity; 3 sheets on the differences between painting and poetry in terms of their emotional impact, and differences between the Pre-Raphaelite painters and those of the modern movement; 1 sheet on linear design.
5 sheets in envelope; paper.

1920–1929

134

'Oxford'. Autograph manuscript on theories of art from the 17th century onwards and their debunking by subsequent generations. Ends abruptly.
2 sheets in envelope; paper.

1920–1929

135

'Sentiment and design (subject and design)'. Autograph manuscript. Ends abruptly.
1 sheet in envelope; paper.

1920–1929

136

'Sentiment and form'. Autograph manuscript. Ends abruptly.
2 sheets in envelope; paper.

1920–1929

137

'Raphael'. Autograph manuscript with references to slide illustrations.
35 sheets in envelope; paper.

1920–1929

138

'Giotto'. Autograph manuscript with references to slide illustrations. A note on its provenance has been added by Pamela Diamand.
30 sheets in envelope; paper.

1920–1929

139

'Modern Art I'. Autograph manuscript lecture on Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, with references to slide illustrations.
27 sheets in envelope; paper.

1920–1929

140

'Rubens single lecture'. Autograph manuscript with references to slide illustrations.
15 sheets in envelope; paper.

1920–1929

141

'Fashion and dress'. Autograph manuscript lecture, possibly given to a women's society - addresses 'Madam Chairman'.
10 sheets in envelope; paper.

1920–1929

141A

Fragments. These pages were removed from REF/1/141 as they probably do not relate to it. They may be the continuation of the story in REF/1/32.
2 sheets; paper.

1920–1929

142

'French Art II 19th century'. Autograph manuscript lecture with references to slide illustrations. The lecture refers to the art of Ingres, Delacroix and Poussin.
14 sheets in envelope; paper.

1920–1929

143

'El Greco'. Autograph manuscript lecture.
12 sheets in envelope; paper.

1920–1929

144

'Idioms of painting'. Autograph manuscript lecture with references to slide illustrations. The lecture refers to the art of Renoir, van Eyck, Lorenzetti, Masaccio, Andrea del Sarto, De Hooch, Velazquez, Simone Martini, Lorenzo Monaco, Botticelli, Michelangelo, Rembrandt, Filippino [Lippi], Piero della Francesca, Rubens, Cezanne, Corot, Seurat and Claude.
12 sheets in envelope; paper.

1920–1929

145

'LCC [London County Council]. Pictorial Design'. Autograph manuscript lecture with references to slide illustrations. The lecture refers to the art of Botticelli, Rembrandt, Michelangelo, Raphael, Degas, Signorelli, Rubens, Giotto, Orcagna, Poynter, Poussin, Duccio, Lorenzetti, Pisanello, Masaccio, Fra Angelico, Piero della Francesca, Perugino, Fra Bartolommeo, Giorgione, Tintoretto, Titian, Correggio, Barocci, Caravaggio,Velazquez, Chardin, Seurat, Cezanne and Matisse.
17 sheets in envelope; paper.

1910–1919

146

'Applied art and the new movement'. Autograph manuscript lecture.
10 sheets in envelope; paper.

1920–1929

147

Assorted notes on French painting. Autograph manuscript with references to the art of Degas, Courbet, Delacroix, Chardin, Cezanne, Renoir, Watteau, Poussin, Monet, Sisley and Manet.
116 sheets in envelope; paper.

1920–1929

148

Cezanne. Autograph manuscript on the selflessness of the best painter, Cezanne.
1 sheet in envelope; paper.

1920–1929

149

Baroque design, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism. Autograph manuscript lecture with references to the art of Caravaggio, Manet, Matisse and Picasso.
13 sheets in envelope; paper.

1920–1929

150

The ideal characteristics of applied art. Autograph manuscript lecture with examples from ancient to modern times and from foreign cultures. The lecture includes references to slide illustrations. Several pages were removed by REF to form part of 1/129.
17 sheets in envelope; paper.

1920–1929

151

Notes on Italian artists. Assorted autograph manuscript notes on such Italian artists as Donatello, Correggio, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Botticelli, Piero della Francesca and Fra Angelico.
22 sheets in envelope; paper.

1920–1929

152

Culture, philistinism and snobbism. Autograph manuscript lecture, given to female students.
12 sheets in envelope; paper.

Jan. 1926

153

Durer. Three unrelated autograph manuscript sheets on Durer.
3 sheets in envelope; paper.

1920–1929

154

'The Medici'. Autograph manuscript lecture, given at Clifton College, Bristol.
1 bundle in envelope; paper.

1920–1929

155

Lecture planning notes. Autograph manuscript lists of slide illustrations for a lecture, lists of books to buy and lecture outline.
6 sheets in envelope; paper.

1920–1929

156

Beauty and expression in Italian art. Autograph manuscript lecture with references to slide illustrations, given at the British Academy. The lecture refers to the art of Raphael, Schongauer, Leonardo da Vinci, Rembrandt, Castiglione, Grunewald, Niccolo Pisano, Giovanni Pisano, Giotto, Rogier van der Weyden, Fra Angelico, Matteo di Giovanni, Uccello, Castagno, Piero della Francesca and Donatello.
49 sheets in envelope; paper.

3 Jan. 1930

157

Three lectures on Italian art.
3 envelopes; paper.

Jan. 1930

158

The literary element in painting. Autograph manuscript lecture with references to slide illustrations, given at Newnham College, Cambridge. The lecture refers to the art of Picasso, Poynter, Frith, Chardin, Cezanne, Goya, Correggio, Poussin, Ostade, van Eyck, Giorgione, Rembrandt, Raphael, El Greco, Leonardo da Vinci, Vermeer and de Hooch. Part of the lecture was extracted from REF 1/126. The file includes notes and reminiscences of the lecture by Patrick Wilkinson, 3 May 1979.
37 sheets in envelope; paper.

21 Nov. 1931

159

'Persian exhib[ition] lecture'. Autograph manuscript lecture with references to slide illustrations throughout, given for the Persian Exhibition at Burlington House. The lecture is on calligraphy and drawing, comparing Eastern and Western developments and styles, considering the design and decoration of Greek and Roman pots. It refers to the work of Raphael, Tintoretto, Rodin, Riza Abbasi, Rembrandt, Ingres, Villard de Honnecourt, Matisse and Bihzad.
49 sheets in envelope; paper.

Feb. 1931

160

Calligraphy and drawing in Western Europe. Autograph manuscript lecture. Ends abruptly.
8 sheets in envelope; paper.

1931

161

'Colour in Persian art'. Autograph manuscript lecture contrasting Persian use of colour with Rembrandt's.
8 sheets in envelope; paper.

1931

162

'Brussels. La nature double de la peinture'. Autograph manuscript lecture with annotations in an unidentified hand, given at Brussels.
68 sheets in envelope; paper.

Sept. 1933-Nov. 1933

163

Contemporary painting and decorative art in England and France. Autograph manuscript lecture with references to slide illustrations. The lecture refers to the art of Matisse, Cezanne, Picasso, Rousseau Douanier, Derain, Marchand, Segonzac, Bonnard, Vuillard and to cubism and surrealism.
19 sheets in envelope; paper.

1930–1934

164

Fragments of lectures. Autograph manuscripts on Jan Steer, Conder, Pisarro, Cubism, Cezanne, Matisse, Monet, Degas, Delacroix, Rembrandt and Vermeer. This file also contains aphorisms on art on notepaper from 46 Gordon Square, a prose passage on fellow train passengers and a note on the representation of the Virgin in the Middle Ages.
28 sheets in envelope; paper.

1890–1929

165

Untitled memoir of Italy. Autograph manuscript describing a day in May 1907 spent with Pierpont Morgan and entourage in Tuscany, Umbria and Le Marche collecting treasures for Morgan's personal collection.
6 sheets in envelope; paper.

166

Poetry, notes and drafts of 'L'histoire de Josette'. Autograph manuscript memoir describing REF's relationship with Josette Coatmellec, their treatment by Dr Coue and her suicide. The file includes 2 photographs, annotated on reverse by Pamela Diamand, of the clay model of Josette's tombstone designed by REF.
66 sheets and 2 prints in envelope; paper and photographs.

Mar. 1924-Apr. 1924

167

'Coue'. Autograph manuscript memoir framed as a letter to M. de Brabois, on Dr. Coue's theories of auto-suggestion and their effect on the subconscious in the treatment of pain. REF was treated by Coue at his clinic in Nancy in 1922.
13 sheets in envelope; paper.

1922-

168

Untitled memoir of childhood at 6 The Grove, Highgate. Autograph manuscript memoir. Includes recollections of his nurse, the gardener, the coachman, a neighbour and his twin sisters. Begins 'The first conscious impressions ...'.
6 sheets in envelope; paper.

1920–1929

169

Untitled memoir of the garden at 6 The Grove, Highgate. Autograph manuscript memoir of the garden at 6 The Grove, Highgate and of REF's cultivation of poppies. Ends abruptly. On the reverse of the second sheet is a pencil sketch of 2 seated women [? Virginia Woolf and Lydia Lopokova Keynes].
2 sheets in envelope; paper.

1920–1929

170

Untitled memoir of skating with Sir Edward Fry at Kenwood Park in 1874. Autograph manuscript, typescript and carbon typescript memoir, describing his father's character and the family's attitude to wealth, virtue and philanthropy.
13 sheets in envelope; paper.

1920–1929

171

'Memoir Club'. Autograph manuscript, typescript and carbon typescript memoir describing the circumstances of REF's departure to Sunninghill School in 1877. Includes details of Sir Edward Fry becoming a judge, a family holiday in Hertfordshire and parental attitudes to the Russo-Turkish War. The file also contains a typescript transcript by Virginia Woolf, [mid 1930s].
31 sheets in envelope; paper.

1920–1929

172

'Memoir Club'. Autograph manuscript memoir of the circumstances of REF's departure for Sunninghill School in 1877, inscribed 'Memoir Club' in an unidentified hand. It is similar in content to 1/171 but with more details of the school and the character of the Head Master, Sneyd-Kinnersley.
40 sheets in envelope; paper.

1920–1929

173

Poems. Autograph manuscript poems by REF, including those written for his wife.
29 items in envelope; paper.

1890–1919

174

Translations and imitations of poems. Assorted autograph manuscript translations and imitations by REF of poems by authors including Baudelaire and Ronsard.
25 sheets in envelope; paper.

175

Experiments in prose poetry. Autograph manuscipt papers entitled 'Birds', 'Escape', 'Generosity', 'Nocturne' and 'The Blind'.
8 sheets in envelope; paper.