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Battle lines drawn over frescoes

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

New Talks in Frescos Row

News paper cutting from the Leicester Mercury reporting on the debate concerning the frescoes in Old School.

Leicester Mercury

A letter from Graham Smallbone to Elizabeth Cumming

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

A letter from Elizabeth Cumming

A letter (A) from Dr Elizabeth Cumming to the Headmaster Graham Smallbone regarding the debate concerning covering the frescoes in Old School. Attached is a photocopy of an article published in The Times on 20 August 1993 regarding an exhibition on Phoebe Anna Traquair in Edinburgh Art Galleries (B).

Dr Elizabeth Cumming

A letter from Marion Hall to Nigel Webb

A letter (A) from Marion Hall to Nigel Webb, Second Master, thanking him for a visit to the School and enclosing a short piece (B-D) on Mary Sargant Florence. Four pages.

Marion Hall

Publication

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

Murals win a reprieve

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

Correspondence

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

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