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Call Number:
MSS 14
Holdings:
[Request]
Creator:
Smith, Sam, 1908-
Title(s):
Signed drawing of a scene through the telescope
Date:
1970s
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series II: Edward and His Marvellous Telescope
Part of Collection:
4, folder 3
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:
The illustration depicts a scene from <title render="italic">Edward and His Marvellous Telescope</title>, as if the viewer were looking through a telescope. Under the illustration Smith has written "through the telescope." Above the picture Smith notes: "Lift to see what happened next." When a flap is lifted there is another scene from the story on the other side.
Physical Description:
1 sheet ; 33 x 26 cm. 1 sheet of white paper and one sheet of black adhered together. Black sheet has circular cutout opening to a colored illustration on the white paper. The illustration has a flap that can be lifted to show another colored illustration.
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/1161
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/1161?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1