Wardle (Peter) Archive of letters and cards

Group of letters, receipts and various papers related to British portrait painter Peter Wardle, including: papers linked to the National Portraiture Association; letters to Wardle from Deeves, mostly signed 'Bill', making arrangements for sittings and discussing arrangements and terms; publicity leaflets; three letters to Wardle from satisfied parents of children whose portraits he had painted, and another arranging for Wardle to paint the portrait of a child after he had been the subject of one by another National Portraiture Assciation; papers concerning Wardle's efforts to get a grant towards his son's studies at Ruskin School of Drawing, Oxford, inclduing a signed autograph draft of a letter from Wardle, putting the case [to Berkshire County Council] for "a reconsideration of his need for a grant"; a copy of a letter from the Ruskin Master of Drawing, Philip Morsberger, dated 10 November 1973, remarking on Mathew Wardle's promise and progress, and supporting his father's application, and two letters from the school secretary; various receipts; income tax payslips; invoices from the National Portraiture Association, reflecting Wardle's work for the organisation during the period; v.s. mainly from London, c.1972 -1974. (qty)

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