| Collection Name | Spencer, Stanley |
| RefNo | TGA 733/1/1596-1639 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Forty letters and four postcards from Hilda Spencer to Stanley Spencer. |
| Date | May 1931-July 1956 |
| Extent | 125 pieces and 5 envelopes |
| Access Status | RESTRICTED |
| Access Conditions | Access permitted only with prior consent from the family and estate of Stanley Spencer. |
| Description | The letters concern Hilda's feelings towards Stanley at various times, their relationship and her relationship with God. Specific topics include an exhibition of Hilda's work (TGA 733/1/1597); Stanley hating Hilda (TGA 733/1/1598); friendship and love (TGA 733/1/1600, 1608, 1610-11); their future and possible remarriage (TGA 733/1/1601, 1604, 1613-14); her feelings for God (TGA 733/1/1608-11, 1623); death (TGA 733/1/1602); forgiveness (TGA 733/1/1604); Stanley's visits to her at Banstead (TGA 733/1/1608); war work and living arrangements (TGA 733/1/1603); Stanley's art, God and 'The Apple Gatherers' (TGA 733/1/1609);, portraits by Hilda (TGA 733/1/1612); alimony and financial affairs (TGA 733/1/1599, 1632, 1621); Hilda's health (TGA 733/1/1613, 1616, 1627); Stanley and Patricia Preece, an annulment and Jas Wood (TGA 733/1/1630); Tooth & Sons and sales to America of Stanley's work (TGA 733/1/1596, 1632); Stanley and Daphne Charlton (TGA 733/1/1605, 1620); Stanley's book (TGA 733/1/1626); Hilda and 'Eddie' (TGA 733/1/1604-5); and Unity and Shirin Spencer (TGA 733/1/1599, 1603-4, 1607, 1612-14, 1616-17, 1621-2, 1628 and 1633). TGA 733/1/1598, 1617, 1630, 1632 and 1636-9 incomplete. TGA 733/1/1635-9 are not dated. |
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