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Personal papers of Eileen Mayo

1908–61

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Items available online include letters, from Laura Knight and Dod Procter, and photographs of Eileen and family members at various stages in her life. The collection also includes small artworks including illustration work.

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

Collection Owner
Dame Eileen Mayo 1906–1994
Collection
Tate Archive
Acquisition
Presented to the Archive by Eileen Mayo, via her step-son, John Gainsborough, in March 1991.
Reference
TGA 916

97 objects in this collection

  • Personal papers of Eileen Mayo

    97 Objects

Title
Personal papers of Eileen Mayo
Date
1908–61
Description
Items available online include letters, from Laura Knight and Dod Procter, and photographs of Eileen and family members at various stages in her life. The collection also includes small artworks including illustration work.

Details of the remainder of the collection can be found on the Archive catalogue.
Reference
TGA 916

Showing 21–40 of 97 objects

Letter from Dod Procter to Eileen Mayo

Dod Procter, recipient: Dame Eileen Mayo
date not known

Letter from Dod Procter to Eileen Mayo

Dod Procter, recipient: Dame Eileen Mayo
date not known

Letter from Dod Procter to Eileen Mayo

Dod Procter, recipient: Dame Eileen Mayo
date not known

Letter from Dod Procter to Eileen Mayo

Dod Procter, recipient: Dame Eileen Mayo
date not known

Letter from Dod Procter to Eileen Mayo

Dod Procter, recipient: Dame Eileen Mayo
date not known

Letter from Ernest Procter to Eileen Mayo

Ernest Procter, recipient: Dame Eileen Mayo
date not known

Letter from Ernest Procter to Eileen Mayo

Ernest Procter, recipient: Dame Eileen Mayo
date not known

Letter from the Young Painter’s Society to Eileen Mayo

Young Painter’s Society, recipient: Dame Eileen Mayo
22 March 1930

Drawing for ‘The Bamboo Dancer And Other African Tales’

Dame Eileen Mayo
1937

Drawing for ‘The Bamboo Dancer And Other African Tales’

Dame Eileen Mayo
1937

Trial painting for ‘The Bamboo Dancer And Other African Tales’

Dame Eileen Mayo
1937
View by appointment

Trial print for ‘The Bamboo Dancer And Other African Tales’

Dame Eileen Mayo
1937
View by appointment

Trial print for ‘The Bamboo Dancer And Other African Tales’

Dame Eileen Mayo
1937
View by appointment

Trial print for ‘The Bamboo Dancer And Other African Tales’

Dame Eileen Mayo
1937
View by appointment

Specimen pages for ‘The Bamboo Dancer And Other African Tales’

Dame Eileen Mayo, Clover Hill Press (Bristol, UK), Douglas Cleverdon, Jack Herbert Driberg
1937

Christmas card titled ‘Bread and Wine’

Unknown person(s)
date not known

Costume design for Malvolio ‘Twelfth Night’

Dame Eileen Mayo
date not known

Costume design for Maria ‘Twelfth Night’

Dame Eileen Mayo
date not known

Costume design for Olivia ‘Twelfth Night’

Dame Eileen Mayo
date not known

Study of orchids

Dame Eileen Mayo
date not known
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