Manuscripts

English Church Monuments, 1510-1840 (published 1946)

Description: Consists of a published bound copy of the book, English Church Monuments 1510-1840 by Katharine Esdaile [annotated] (New York: Oxford University Press), annotated by Edmund Esdaile (with inscription: "Edmund Esdaile, 1961- annotated for the Huntington Library ... the annotations are copies of those in my own copy of this book of which some are in KAE's writings but others represent my own work ...").
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1946
Call number: mssEsdaile
Creator: Esdaile, Katharine Ada (1881-1950)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased by the Huntington Library in 1962. The collection was initially accessioned into the Huntington Art Reference Library in 1962. Sometime afterwards, the printed books and pamphlets were removed, separately catalogued, and shelved with the main body of the Art Reference Books, and the photographs were removed to the Photo Study Collection. In 2005, the Art Reference Library collection was merged into the main collection of the Huntington Library and the decision was made to re-integrate the printed material and photographs of the Esdaile collection into the papers.

English Church Monuments, 1510-1840 (published 1946)

Manuscripts

This collection contains the papers of English art historian Katharine Ada Esdaile (1881-1950), with the bulk of the materials relating to her research and writings on British monumental sculpture, sculptors, and church monuments from the medieval period to 19th century. Material types include personal writings, diaries, correspondence, business papers, family papers and photographs, research files and research notebooks, and miscellaneous published and unpublished materials. Notably the collection includes more than 600 chiefly pre-World War II visitor booklets and pamphlets produced locally by British churches and approximately 3500 photographs taken or collected by Esdaile of sculpture, often funerary monuments in English churches, ranging from large churches like Westminster Abbey to small rural parishes. This collection provides a resource for viewpoints on monumental sculpture in the early 20th century (for instance as represented in book reviews by Esdaile) and for information about Esdaile's experience as a woman art historian in the early 20th century. Given the broadness of Esdaile's scope, from medieval to 19th century British monumental sculpture, the collection is less useful for specific information about monuments or sculptors. In addition, many of Esdaile's attributions in her notes appear to have been based primarily on her own instincts and do not have citations. Many of Esdaile's notes are handwritten on small scraps of paper or are fragments, sometimes making the information difficult to parse. The collection is chiefly Esdaile's files, but the dates on some items (such as post-1950 booklets) indicate the collection was added to and used after her death, presumably by her son Edmund Esdaile, who also made notes on items in the collection and appears to have done the preliminary organization of the papers after Esdaile's death.

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English Church Monuments 1510 to 1840 and English Renaissance Monuments documents

Manuscripts

Includes letters from Harry Batsford of BT Batsford Ltd. (Publishers) of 18 August, 21 September, 2 October, and 1 November 1944, regarding this possibility for a book; memorandum of agreement with publisher (B.T. Batsford) for English Renaissance Monuments and a memorandum of agreement with publisher (B.T. Batsford) for English Church Monuments 1510 to 1840 (described in contract as "English Sculpture or Some Similar Title"), both 1945; and reviews and articles about English Church Monuments. There is no evidence that English Renaissance Monuments was published; probably any material was incorporated into English Church Monuments.

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English Monumental Sculpture Since the Renaissance (published 1927; reissued 1979)

Manuscripts

Consists of a publisher's proof (complete draft text with page proofs corrected by Katharine and Arundell Esdaile); an annotated draft typescript fragment of Chapter V 'Neo-Hellenism & the Gothic Revival' – (pages 114-181); an original handwritten "Dedication" with note on change in dedication by Edmund Esdaile; and an undated review.

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Temple Church Monuments: being a report to the Honourable Societies of the Temple (published 1933)

Manuscripts

Consists of a publisher's proof (annotated by Katharine Esdaile) and "Recommendations" (presumably annex to the book)

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"English Monumental Sculpture" (Originally titled "Here and There; The Explorer among English Monuments")

Manuscripts

Annotated typescript draft of Chapters I. "Introductory" (incomplete); II. "Vergers and Their Ways"; III. "The Attitude of the Clergy"; and IV. "The Epitaph." This appears to be a different book than English Monumental Sculpture Since the Renaissance (1929).

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"Our English Monuments"/"Church Sculptors" – I and II (typescript and manuscript)

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English Church Monuments, 1510-1840 (published 1946)

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English Church Monuments, 1510-1840 (published 1946)

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