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Papers of Stanhope Alexander Forbes (1857-1947)

1876–1951

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Items available online are a range of Alexander Stanhope Forbes' personal papers including letters he wrote to his future wife, Elizabeth Armstrong, during the late 1880s and drafts of some of the speeches about art he presented later in his career. As a founding member of the Newlyn School of Artists, also digitised is a photograph album including many scenes from Newlyn in Cornwall.

Details of the remainder of the collection can be found on the Archive catalogue.

Collection Owner
Stanhope Alexander Forbes 1857–1947
Collection
Tate Archive
Acquisition
Donated to Tate Archive in 1990 by Miss Monica Anthony.
Reference
TGA 9015

120 objects in this collection

  • Papers of Stanhope Alexander Forbes (1857-1947)

    120 Objects

    • Correspondence from Stanhope Forbes

      117 Objects

    • Photographs

      3 Objects

Title
Photographs
Date
1892–c.1900
Description
Photographs showing Newlyn, artists, their studios and paintings
Reference
TGA 9015/9

Showing 3 objects

Photograph album including photographs of Newlyn and the local community, the artists, their studios and paintings

Unknown person(s)
April 1892

Photograph of the Passmore Edwards Art Gallery, Newlyn

Andrew Lanyon
[c.1900]
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Photograph showing seven men in an art gallery

Robinson & Thompson (Liverpool & Birkenhead, UK)
[c.1900]
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