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Box 1

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Contains 16 Results:

Letter to Anthony Sandford, 1937-07-27

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
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Letter sent from Paris by Buckland to Anthony Sandford (Christopher Sandford's brother) regarding the delivery of plates to the latter.

Dates: 1937-07-27

Letters to Christopher Sandford, 1937

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
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9 letters sent from Paris to Christopher Sandford regarding the production of plates for Mademoiselle de Maupin and the layout of Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, as well as some mention of The Vigil of Venus.

Dates: 1937

Letters to Christopher Sandford, 1938

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
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12 letters to Christopher Sandford sent from Paris regarding the production of Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Pervigilium Veneris, and Mademoiselle de Maupin.

Dates: 1938

Letters to Christopher Sandford, 1939

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
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2 postcards and 13 letters sent from Buckland Wright, with materials from the first portion of the year being sent from Paris and afterwards from England. Deals with wood block production for Pervigilium Veneris and relays the significant tension between Buckland Wright and Sanford over whether to use copper plates or wood-block engravings. One letter is sent right after Buckland Wright's evacuation from Paris into London with his wife.

Dates: 1939

Letters to Christopher Sandford, 1943

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
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14 letters from Buckland Wright concerning production of Omar Khayyam and Hymn to Porsepine, as well as early brainstorming for Endymion.

Dates: 1943

Letters to Christopher Sandford, 1944

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
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11 letters mostly regarding Buckland Wrights production of engravings for Keats' Endymion.

Dates: 1944

Letters to Christopher Sandford, 1945

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
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2 postcards and 21 letters primarily regarding the production of illustrations for Endymion and Matthew Flinders’ Narrative of his Voyage in the Schooner Francis: 1798. Mentions Buckland Wright's residential move from Bramham Gardens to Nevern Mansion, as well as other personal matters such as the selection of Sandford as godfather to John and Mary's children. 14 7

Dates: 1945

Letters to Christopher Sandford, 1946

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

20 letters from Buckland Wright primarily regarding engravings for Matthew Flinders’ Narrative of his Voyage in the Schooner Francis: 1798, as well as work on Endymion, The Odyssey, and Laus Veneris.

Dates: 1946

Letters to Christopher Sandford, 1947

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents

20 letters and 5 postcards sent by Buckland Wright from England mostly regarding the production of Laus Veneris, Endymion, and payments for work.

Dates: 1947

Letters to Christopher Sandford, 1948

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents

26 letters sent by Buckland Wright regarding teaching at Camberwell, the production of Laus Veneris and Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice, Pasiphae, and Hero & Leander, payments for work, an unsucessful application to a position as Ruskin Master of Drawing at the University of Oxford, among other matters.

Dates: 1948