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Drawing books.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Books in which to draw, with pages that are wholly blank or instructional, with designs to be copied.

Found in 39 Collections and/or Records:

Juvenilia of members of the Blythe family., Circa 1900-1917.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.11021/202-216
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Correspondence, accounts, diaries, and miscellaneous papers, 1861-1993, largely of and relating to Barberfield Farm, near Haddington, East Lothian. With personal correspondence, accounts, and photographs of Charles Blythe, Farmer, and his family, 1861-1993.Charles Blythe became tenant of Barberfield Farm in 1904 in partnership with his brother-in-law, William Millar, Draper, Tranent. In 1928, Blythe took on the lease of the neighbouring Heatheryhall Farm. Previously, he had been...
Dates: Circa 1900-1917.

Miscellaneous papers of Ruthven Todd., [Circa 1920]-1981, undated.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.26883-26888
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Ruthven Todd was born and educated in Edinburgh, and from 1932 to 1934 worked as a farm labourer in Mull before moving to London where he joined the Bohemian world of writers and artists in Fitzrovia. In 1947, he left for the United States where he eventually settled in Martha's Vineyard and became an American citizen. From 1960 until his death, he lived in the Balearic island of Majorca.Most of the papers date from Todd's Majorcan period, but because he based much of his work on...
Dates: [Circa 1920]-1981, undated.