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Call Number:
MSS 14
Holdings:
[Request]
Creator:
Smith, Sam, 1908–
Title(s):
Signed drawing of Harmouth harbor
Date:
1970s
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series II: Edward and His Marvellous Telescope
Part of Collection:
4, folder 4
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:
Drawing is of Harmouth harbor and depicts Edward's lonely white cottage on one side of the harbor and the populated port on the other. Below the drawing, in black felt-tip pen is written: "Any stranger coming for the first time to the small port of Harmouth who might wonder who lived in the small white cottage which stood alone on the far side of the harbour had only to ask and they would be told, 'Edward lives there with his grandfather.' All the town knew Edward and his grandfather, though only in a distant sort of way; for people could not quite understand why anyone should choose to live in such a lonely place when they could be cosily crowded together with everyone else in the town." Signed on the bottom right in black ink.
Physical Description:
1 sheet ; 33 x 51 cm. Pen and black ink drawing with colored felt-tip pen, watercolor and gouache. Was once folded in half and creased in the middle.
Genre:
Pen and ink drawings, Gouaches, Watercolors (paintings), Brochures, Clippings, Cut-out craft, Exhibition catalogs, Graphite drawings, Legal documents, Letters, Magazines (periodicals), Miniature theaters, Mock-ups, Models (representations), Photocopies, Postcards, Recreations, Toy theaters, Typescripts, 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/1162
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/1162?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1