Drawings. Visual works.
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Visual works produced by drawing, which is the application of lines on a surface, often paper, by using a pencil, pen, chalk, or some other tracing instrument to focus on the delineation of form rather than the application of color. This term is often defined broadly to refer to computer-generated images as well. (AAT) Include sketches under 'Drawings', but ignore doodles, unless particularly noteworthy. (NLS) In the published catalogues this heading was used for pictures. The heading 'Pictures' was used for all lists of pictures and for descriptions of treatises on pictures. (NLS) .
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Letters and postcards, 1970-1980 and undated, of W.S. Graham to William Featherston, with a few letters of Nessie Graham and others; typescript, carbon typescript and photocopied typescript of draft sections of long poems, 1958 and undated, including `The Dark Dialogues` and `With the Dulle Griet in Canada`; silk screen print portrait of W.S. Graham by William Featherston; and CD and audio-cassette of BBC radio broadcast by W.S. Graham.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13163
Scope and Contents
William Featherston, a Canadian artist, lived and worked in Cornwall during the 1960s. During this period he became a friend of Sydney and Nessie Graham. Featherston returned to Canada in 1971, and the friends corresponded over the next decade. The letters and cards are wide-ranging, intensely personal, and often enriched with Graham`s drawings and doodles. The sections of typescript poetry (some of it carbon typescript and photocopies) include draft passages from `The Dark Dialogues` and...
Dates:
1958, 1970-1980, and undated.