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Art in the Archives: Gallery 1: Figures

This gallery contains artworks from collections in our care which represent the human figure in various ways. They include:

  • a Japanese beauty who somehow found her way into the Shipping Federation archive (she was a 'poster girl' for the on-site exhibition);
  • an illustration from an alien internment camp alamanac (see Art in Adversity in this exhibition for more);
  • sketches by William Henry Stokes (1894-1977), trade unionist and communist of Coventry;
  • children's drawings from the papers of Frances Moira MacLean, who was involved with a charity supporting children visiting prisons.

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For a personal reaction to the Japanese beauty, see https://mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/TSF/X/1/6 Link opens in a new window

  • Print of 'A beauty reading a letter’, pen and ink drawing by Japanese artitst Kitagawa Utamaro, c1792 (Shipping Federation archive: MSS.367/TSF/7/DR/6)
    Print of 'A beauty reading a letter’, pen and ink drawing by Japanese artitst Kitagawa Utamaro, c1792 (Shipping Federation archive: MSS.367/TSF/7/DR/6)
  • Illustration from almanac of Hutchinson Internment Camp in Douglas, Isle of Man, 1940 (Victor Gollancz papers: 658/12)
    Illustration from almanac of Hutchinson Internment Camp in Douglas, Isle of Man, 1940 (Victor Gollancz papers: 658/12)
  • Drawing by Jagger [either Charles or David], 1915 (Ruth Gollancz papers: MSS.157/6/RG/6/1)
    Drawing by Jagger [either Charles or David], 1915 (Ruth Gollancz papers: MSS.157/6/RG/6/1)
  • Sketch by Ruth Gollancz, wife of Victor Gollancz, nd ( MSS.157/6/RG/3) (reproduced by kind permission of Dr Ben Jeffryes)
    Sketch by Ruth Gollancz, wife of Victor Gollancz, nd ( MSS.157/6/RG/3) (reproduced by kind permission of Dr Ben Jeffryes)
  • Sketch by William Henry Stokes (in MSS.289/14/2)
    Sketch by William Henry Stokes (in MSS.289/14/2)
  • Sketch by William Henry Stokes, 1960 (in MSS.289/14/2)
    Sketch by William Henry Stokes, 1960 (in MSS.289/14/2)
  • Sketch by William Henry Stokes (in MSS.289/14/2)
    Sketch by William Henry Stokes (in MSS.289/14/2)
  • Cartoons of speakers at Transport and General Workers' Union Biennial Delegate Conference, 1961 (Frank Cousins papers: MSS.282/12/18)
    Cartoons of speakers at Transport and General Workers' Union Biennial Delegate Conference, 1961 (Frank Cousins papers: MSS.282/12/18)
  • Drawing by child visiting imprisoned relative (Frances Moira MacLean papers: 1058/2)
    Drawing by child visiting imprisoned relative (Frances Moira MacLean papers: 1058/2)
  • Drawing by child visiting imprisoned relative (Frances Moira MacLean papers: 1058/2)
    Drawing by child visiting imprisoned relative (Frances Moira MacLean papers: 1058/2)

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