Drawings of fish by George Sheringham (1884-1937), artist, c.1931

The collection contains fifteen coloured and black and white ink and pencil drawings of fish and their environments, made by the artist George Sheringham (1884-1937). These are marked with plate numbers referencing their use in 'The Book of the Flyrod'.

The series of illustrations includes three unidentified fish for plate VI (MS 231/1); a Perch for plate VII (MS 231/2); a Chubb for plate VIII (MS 231/3); a Salmon for plate X1, opposite page 171 (MS 231/4); a Trout for heading to chapter XIV, page 145 (MS 231/5); a Dace for heading to chapter XIII, page 129 (MS 231/6); a Trout (MS 231/7); a Sea Devil for heading to Chapter XI, page 109 (MS 231/8); an unidentified fish for page 31 (MS 231/9); a lake scene for the head to chapter 10, page 99 (MS 231/10); a bag for the tailpiece at the end of chapter IV, page 39 (MS 231/11); a fish in a tank for illustrating page 43 (MS 231/12); two unidentified fish for the tailpiece of chapter VII, page 76 (MS 231/13); a weir for the heading to chapter XII, page 121 (MS 231/14); and an open book for a bookplate as the title page plate (MS 231/15).

George Sheringham, artist, illustrator, costume and stage designer, was born in 1884 and was educated at Kings School, Gloucester and the Slade School of Art. He first exhibited at the Salon in Paris and subsequently had one-man shows in London as well as exhibiting in Berlin, Ghent, Melbourne, New York and Venice. In addition to his influential work in scenery and costume design, he was a prolific book illustrator. Examples included 'Design in the Theatre' (with James Laver), 'Illustrations to the Happy Hypocrite' (by Max Beerbohm), 'Canadian Wonder Tales' (by Cyrus Macmillan), and 'Pen and Pencil Drawing' (1922). Sheringham died in 1937.

In 1931 George Sheringham illustrated the text of 'The Book of the Fly Rod' (London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1931), written by Hugh Tempest Sheringham and John Cecil Moore.

No archival arrangement has been necessary.

ACCESS: Accessible to all registered readers.

LANGUAGE: English

• This description is the only finding aid available for the collection. Copyright in the description belongs to The University of Nottingham.

REPROGRAPHIC: Reprographic copies can be supplied for educational use and private study purposes only, depending on access status and the condition of the documents.

COPYRIGHT: Identification of copyright holders of unpublished material is often difficult. Permission to make any published use of any material from the collection must be sought in advance in writing from the Keeper of Manuscripts and Special Collections (email mss-library@nottingham.ac.uk).

The collection was acquired by The University of Nottingham's Department of Manuscripts in July 1978.

• Victoria and Albert Museum; National Art Library: Papers relating to George Sheringham including biographical material, a fragment of an autobiography, and a record of purchase and prices of picture and fans. c.1890-c.1938. References: MSL/1968/416, MSL/1970/2864

• Hugh Tempest Sheringham and John Cecil Moore, 'The Book of the Fly Rod' (London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1931)