Battle lines drawn over frescoes
Part of Buildings and Estates
Newspaper cutting from The Daily Telegraph reporting on the debate concerning the frescoes in Old School and the decision to install panelling instead of covering them.
The Daily Telegraph
A letter from Graham Smallbone to Elizabeth Cumming
Part of Buildings and Estates
A letter from the Headmaster Graham Smallbone to Dr Elizabeth Cumming regarding preserving the frescoes in Old School whilst trying to restore the historical building, and discussing the press coverage of the debate.
Graham Smallbone
Part of Buildings and Estates
This file focusses on various publication, mostly newspaper cuttings, related to the frescoes in Old School and the painter Mary Sargant Florence and post-medieval mural painting. This file is from the year 1993.
Alan Powers
Part of Buildings and Estates
Newspaper cutting reporting on the debate concerning the frescoes in Old School and the decision to conceal them behind shutters to allow viewing.
N/D
Part of Buildings and Estates
This file focusses on correspondence regarding the refurbishment of Old School in the late 1980s-early 1990s and the issue concerning the frescoes.
Oakham School
Old School (Shakespeare Centre)
Part of Buildings and Estates
This sub-series relates to the history of Old School, oldest building of Oakham School, in Cutts Close park. It is made of a collection of photographs and art work; of newspaper cuttings and letters, mostly relating to the debate concerning the refurbishment of the building and preserving the frescoes painted by Mary Sargant Florence.
Oakham School
Part of Buildings and Estates
This series is related to the buildings on the School campus and documents their history. Most of the collection is made of photographs and artwork, as well as architectural plans. Each sub-series focusses on a different building.
Oakham School
Part of Photographic and Art Collection
A black and white photograph of Roger Blackmore in Old School with the frescoes in the back-ground.
John Robertson
Part of Photographic and Art Collection
A black and white photograph of the fresco above on of the door, showing Graham Smallbone on the threshold.
John Robertson
Part of Photographic and Art Collection
A black and white photograph of the interior of the Old School, showing the frescoes and the museum cases, before it was altered to become the Shakespeare Centre.
Photo-Reportage Ltd