| Collection Name | Spencer, Stanley |
| RefNo | TGA 733/2/22 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Note headed 'Renal Stones' and covering the period 1930-1935. |
| Date | [c 1938] |
| Extent | 20 pieces |
| Access Status | RESTRICTED |
| Access Conditions | Access permitted only with prior consent from the family and estate of Stanley Spencer. |
| Description | Pencil notations about his moral strength on reverse of p.20-19. No.22 of numbered writings. Notes give a full account of Stanley Spencer's illness from 1930 to 1934 and the final removal of his renal stones. Also mentioned the refusal of a wealthy builder (Mr Boot?) to purchase the paintings he had commissioned, the painting of 'the old man & the birds' (St Francis and the Birds) and 'The Lovers' (or 'Dustman'). |
| Related Material | Letter from Spencer to Mr. Boot regarding Boot's refusal to purchase 'The Builders' (TGA 733/1/147). Letters from Spencer to Mary Behrend regarding his kidney stones (TGA 882/27 and TGA 882/32-34). |