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Call Number:
MSS 14
Holdings:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Creator:
Smith, Sam, 1908–
Title(s):
Signed drawings of the Captain
Date:
1970s
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series II: Edward and His Marvellous Telescope
Part of Collection:
4, folder 2
Provenance:
Gift of Max and Barbara Wilk.
Conditions Governing Access:
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use:
Copyright Undetermined

The collection is the physical property of the Yale Center for British Art. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Archives Department.
Scope and Content:
Each side of the sheet has an emotional depiction of the Captain. One side declares: "The Captain...could be a loving man." The other side counters: "He could also be a strongly disapproving man."
Physical Description:
1 sheet ; 33 x 26 cm. 2 sheets of white watercolor paper adhered together. Drawn with colored pen and signed on both sides.
Genre:
Pen and ink drawings, Brochures, Clippings, Cut-out craft, Exhibition catalogs, Gouaches, Graphite drawings, Legal documents, Letters, Magazines (periodicals), Miniature theaters, Mock-ups, Models (representations), Photocopies, Postcards, Recreations, Toy theaters, Typescripts, Watercolors (paintings), and Wood engravings
Subject Terms:
Artists
Handicraft
Paper toys
Sculpture
Toymakers
Toys
Associated Places:
Great Britain
Associated People/Groups:
Arts Council of Great Britain
Begaye, Mary Frances
Benn, Timothy, 1936-2019
British Broadcasting Corporation
Camden Arts Centre
Crafts Advisory Committee
Ernest Benn Ltd
Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
Lister, Eric
Portal Gallery (London, England)
Sachs, Judith
Serpentine Gallery
Smith, Sam, 1908-
Westermann, H. C. (Horace Clifford), 1922-1981
Wilk, Barbara
Wilk, Max, 1920-
Finding Aid Title:
Sam Smith Collection
Collection PDF:
https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/7.pdf
Archival Object:
https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/1160
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/1160?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1