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Call Number:
MSS 54
Holdings:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Creator:
Monck, Walter Nugent Bligh, 1878–1958
Title(s):
Walter Nugent Monck letter to J. Anthony Denney
Date:
1935 July 9
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Part of Collection:
Box 1, folder 55
Provenance:
Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund
Conditions Governing Access:
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use:
Copyright Undetermined

The collection is the physical property of the Yale Center for British Art. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Archives Department.
Scope and Content:
Monck accepts Denney's invitation to sponsor another prize: "Last year I withheld my prize because none of the students had bothered to enter for the exact Shakespeare plays that I set. The object being that they should do as they are asked to do - as in life - not what they choose, which is seldom what is required of one. I will try once again. A set of designs for 'The Tempest' [...]."
Additional Notes:
Letterhead includes large design of a bird on a column, alongside "The Norwich Players" and reads "The Norwich Players, Under the direction of Nugent Monck, Maddermarket Theatre, Norwich, Telephone No. 1360"
Physical Description:
1 sheet (1 page) : autograph letter, signed ; 26 x 21 cm
Genre:
Correspondence and Exhibitions
Subject Terms:
Art
Art schools
Art students
Art, British
Awards
Competitions
Costume
Drawing, British
Embroidery
Painting, British
Sculpture, British
Stage-setting and scenery
Study and teaching (Higher)
Theaters
Subject Period:
20th Century
Associated Places:
Great Britain
Associated People/Groups:
Denney, Anthony, 1913-1990
Monck, Walter Nugent Bligh, 1878-1958
Royal College of Art (Great Britain). Sketch Club
Finding Aid Title:
Royal College of Art Sketch Club Collection
Collection PDF:
https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/10704.pdf
Archival Object:
https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/2631109
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2631109?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1