Off the wall - Phoebe Traquair
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- 11/1993
Part of Buildings and Estates
Article by Alan Powers on the painter Phoebe Traquair and post-medieval mural painting.
Alan Powers
Off the wall - Phoebe Traquair
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Article by Alan Powers on the painter Phoebe Traquair and post-medieval mural painting.
Alan Powers
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News paper cutting from the Leicester Mercury reporting on the debate concerning the frescoes in Old School.
Leicester Mercury
Battle lines drawn over frescoes
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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
Letters reveal Wilde's golden love
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A newspaper cutting from The Independent reporting on letters revealing a previously unknown male love of Oscar Wilde, and on the debate concerning the frescoes in Old School. Hand-written note from Rod Smith to Graham Smallbone at the bottom of the article.
The Independent
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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
A letter from Marion Hall to Nigel Webb
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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
A letter from Graham Smallbone to Henry Blagg
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A letter from the Headmaster Graham Smallbone to O.O. Henry Blagg regarding the press coverage of the debate concerning the frescoes in Old School and the plan for the restoration of the building.
Graham Smallbone
A letter from Elizabeth Cumming to Graham Smallbone
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A letter from Dr Elizabeth Cumming to the Headmaster Graham Smallbone regarding the restoration of Old School and preserving the frescoes.
Dr Elizabeth Cumming
A letter from Graham Smallbone to Elizabeth Cumming
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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
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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