| Description | Correspondence, writings and photographs loaned by Douglas Cleverdon. , Correspondence:, Fiches 1-2; Fifty one letters from David Jones to Douglas Cleverdon (no's.1-113), 2. One letter from Harman Grisewood to Douglas Cleverdon, (no's.114-115)., 2. One letter from Douglas Cleverdon to David Jones (no's.116-118)., 2. One letter to Mr. and Mrs. Renâe Hague from Douglas Cleverdon. (no's.119-120)., 2. One draft of a letter to David Jones from Douglas Cleverdon, (no's.121-123)., Manuscripts:, 2. Corrections to 'The Anathemata' for Douglas (Cleverdon) (no. 124)., 2. Suggestions regarding music for radio production of 'The Anathemata'. Enclosed with letter dated 10 April 1953. Broadcast on BBC radio's 'The Third Programme', 5 May 1953 (no's 209-215)., 2. Corrections to 'The Anathemata' Subsections 209-215, (no's. 138-139)., Setting of 'Lavender Cry' by Nest Cleverdon from 'The Anathemata', (no.140)., 2. Broadcast introduction to 'In Parenthesis'. Manuscript draft of the introduction with slight alterations by Douglas Cleverdon. Broadcast on BBC radio's'The Third Programme', 14 November 1946, (no's.141-143)., 2. 'The Fatigue', xerox copy of the original manuscript (no's.144-153)., 2. 'Kensington Mass', xerox copy of the original manuscript (no's.154-155)., 2. 'Eric Gill; David Jones', xerox copy of a typed manuscript (no's.156-157)., Exhibition:, The following contents notes relate to 'Word and Image: Painting, Engravings and Writings of David Jones', National Book League, 9 February - 1 March 1972. (The fourth in the series of the 'Word and Image' exhibitions., 2. First draft catalogue, annotated and collected by David Jones (no's.158-174)., 2. Second draft catalogue, annotated and revised by David Jones (no's. 175-196)., 3-4. Final version of the catalogue with notes and comments by David Jones, letter attached to page eleven, catalogue compiled by Douglas Cleverdon (no's.197-285)., Miscellaneous:, 4. Private view card, 'David Jones, Bryan Wynter, Derek Hill' Redfern Gallery 27 May - 16 June 1948 (no's.294-295)., 4. Four black and white photographs of inscriptions by the artist. Annotated on the reverse (no's.286-293). |
| Administrative History | David Jones was born on November 1, 1895, in Brockley, Kent. His father's family was Welsh speaking from Flintshire, but his father moved to London in the 1880's. David was a keen draughtsman as a child, and studied with A.S. Hartrick at the Camberwell School of Art, 1909-1915. In 1915 he enlisted as a private in the Royal Welch Fusiliers and served with them in France until wounded and invalided home in 1918. His army experiences were later recorded in his first book 'In Parenthesis', which he began in 1928.¬The War had a profound effect upon Jones, and remained a driving theme through his writings and work, combined with his Roman Catholic faith and interest in Welsh mythology and landscape. From 1919, after demobilisation, Jones spent three years under Bernard Meninsky and Walter Bayes at the Westminster School of Art, then joined Eric Gill's Guild of St Joseph and St Dominic, in Sussex, 1922-24. Gill was to become one of the great influences in Jones's life, sharing similar interests in typography, Catholicism and engraving. Jones had learned the craft of wood engraving from Desmond Shute, and became an accomplished exponent of an art which was enjoying a vigorous renaissance in Britain. The St George's Gallery held his first one-man show in 1927, and he was elected into the Society of Wood Engravers and the 7 & 5 Society, exhibiting widely abroad. The Golden Cockerel Press commissioned him to illustrate Douglas Cleverdon's 1929 edition of 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' and 'The Chester Play of the Deluge' in 1927. He began painting, but suffered of a breakdown in 1932, and another in 1946. He exhibited at the Goupil Gallery in 1929, the Venice Biennale in 1951 and at the Tate 1954-55 and 1981.¬His book 'In Parenthesis', published in 1937, won the Hawthornden Prize and 'The Anethemata', 1952, the Russel Loines Award. Jones had not begun writing until quite late and although his literary output was not as prolific as his painting, his poetry was praised by T.S. Eliot and W.H. Auden. He lived in Harrow-on-the-Hill for many years, was created CBE in 1955, and died age 78 in 1974. |