'Early Art Schools in London 1635-1770' research notebooks

This material is held atPaul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art

  • Reference
    • GB 3010 GB/1
  • Dates of Creation
    • [c 1950s]
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 3 volumes

Scope and Content

In the mid 1950s Gilbert Benthall had started to research the history of early art schools in London. By 1959, in a letter to Felix Leakey he writes that he has 'collected several volumes of notes and roughed out c 20000 words' on the subject. Three notebooks appear to have survived. The contents of the notebooks were eventually condensed into a 93 page typescript manuscript entitled 'Early Art Schools in London 1635-1770' (deposited at the V&A).

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