Manuscripts
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Peter Scheemaker chapter (manuscript draft)
Manuscripts
Consists of pages from The Architect (pp. 347-348, December 9, 1921, and pp. 111-112, February 10, 1922) with manuscript annotations and additions.
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Childhood drawings
Manuscripts
18 pencil drawings created by Arundell Esdaile as a child.
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Roubiliac, Louis Francois (research material, correspondence, notes, etc.)
Manuscripts
Contains correspondence, notes, and research materials including a few letters from J. Paul de Castro about Roubiliac; various clippings; and the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Annual Report for 1922 noting the acquisition of the Handel statute.
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"Studies of the English Sculptors from Pierce to Chantrey" (book version, incomplete)
Manuscripts
These folders contain manuscript and typescript drafts (incomplete) of chapters for a book that Esdaile was creating based around her series of articles, "Studies of the English Sculptors from Pierce to Chantrey," published in The Architect in 1921-1922. Many of the folders include clippings of the original articles from The Architect to which Esdaile appended handwritten additions and made annotations and corrections.
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Bacon family (manuscript and research material)
Manuscripts
Typescript and manuscript notes on the family history of John Bacon RA and John Bacon the Younger including correspondence to Esdaile from Gertrude Bacon about her ancestors with manuscript transcripts of historical documents (1925 and undated); notes on statuary commissions; a list of Bacon pencil portraits chiefly by Bacon the younger; additional miscellaneous notes; and a late 19th century pedigree of the Bacon family.
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Articles
Manuscripts
Pages of editorials and articles from The Architect, including unattributed articles probably by Esdaile. Articles consist of: "'We Know of No Dealer in Second-hand Statues'" (Article) (April 18, 1924) "The Growth of Architectural Amenities in the Reign of George III" by Mrs. Esdaile (Article) (June 6, 1924) "A Precursor of the British Museum Reading Room" (Article) (August 8, 1924) "The Sussex Archaeological Society's Annual Expedition" (Article) (September 12, 1924) "Lethargy" (Editorial) (September 26, 1924) "Master Richard Quyny" (Article) (November 21, 1924) "The Guildhall Library" (Article) (November 28, 1924) "The Problem of the Cathedral" by Katherine Esdaile (Article) (December 5, 1924) "The Johnson Service at St. Clement Danes" (Article) (December 19, 1924) "London Out of Town – 1" (Article by Charles G. Harper) (January 2, 1925) "Principles and Practice" by Katherine Esdaile (Article) (January 9, 1925) "London Out of Town – 2" (Article by Charles G. Harper) (January 16, 1925) "The India Office" (Article) (January 30, 1925) "Ancestry and Art, - A New Employment for Sculptors" (Article)(February 27 1925) "Waxworks" (Article) (May 8, 1925) "The Sculpture in the Library at Christ Church" (Article) (July 10, 1925)
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