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Contents of a folder labelled 'Lansdowne Walk Correspondence and invoices, 1982-1983'

Includes:
-correspondence from Terry Farrell Partnership regarding issues with the chimneys and potential resolution
-manuscript invoices and correspondence from Valentine Abbatt for blinds, curtains, bedcovers and cushions
-Certificate of Employers' Liability Insurance for Maggie
-manuscript invoices from Bill Reed including details of how long each drawing took
-transaction statement for Charles' account with GSF International/Votainer
-estimate for work by Spiral Staircase Systems
-detailed manuscript invoice from Ray Watson for work on the mosaic and receipt
-manuscript letter from Teresa regarding lettering, with contact details of another letterer
-statement of Charles' account with Sandell Perkins and annotated correction
-advertisement for a mezzotint of Canaletto's Eton College
-delivery note from Sandell Perkins
-manuscript letter from Celia [Scott] regarding the patination of Vulcan [sic] and including a sketch of the bust, 1983
-correspondence from Matheson Trust Co Limited regarding payments
-manuscript letter and invoice from Penny [Jencks]
-invoice from Royal College of Art for casting bronze bust
-typescript letter from Tessa Codrington, photographer regarding plans and fees for photographing the house
-invoice from Jumbo Electronics Co (UK) Ltd for hi-fi equipment
-Customs Import Entry form for shipment from Penelope Jencks
-typescript letter and invoice from Michael Graves, architect
-manuscript invoice from Harriet Wynter Ltd
-manuscript and typescript correspondence from Ian Hamilton Finlay on Little Sparta headed paper regarding visits, gifts, and gardens.
-copy manuscript notes headed 'Thematic House Treatment'
-typescript letters from After Image regarding potential television programmes for Channel 4
-invoice from bathroom tiles
-invoice from Eddie O'Brien
-payment for an Austrian Cherry wood chair
-correspondence regarding damp with neighbouring properties and party wall issues
-copy letter from Charles regarding the latest version of the alphabet
-copy typescript snag lists for May, July and August 1982 with manuscript annotations
-manuscript invoices for exterior axonometric drawings from David W [Feldman]
-invoice for drawing's of 'your study' from Helen Roe
-order for office furniture from Ryman
-invoice from Home Decorating (Wallpapers) Limited
-invoices from Nu-Line Painted Ltd
-typescript letter from Ann Barr at Harpers & Queen requesting to write about the house
-typescript letter from Drusilla Beyfus of Vogue regarding a visit to the house, and draft reply from Charles
-copy letter from Terry Farrell Partnership to the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea regarding planning permission in relation to the garden stair
-invoice from The Alpha Mosaic & Terrazzo Co Ltd
-invoice from Edward Heath regarding drawings of drainwork
-invoices from Johnny Grey Design
-invoices and correspondence from Ilinca Cantacuzino
-invoice from Hodgson Brothers
-invoice from terry Farrell Partnership for expenditure by Richard Solomon
-Typescript letter from Ralph Lebens regarding measurements
-correspondence between Terry Farrell Partnership and Notable Heating Ltd regarding changes to radiators
-specification and quotation for work by Chubb, with manuscript list of suggested alarms
-newspaper cutting regarding the demolition of Kensington Town Hall
-invoice for interim payment from Terry Farrell Partnership
-correspondence from Terry Farrell Partnership regarding work by Jim Dixon

This series includes all materials relating to 19 Lansdowne Walk and its conversion into The Thematic House.

It includes:
-correspondence with architects, builders, designers, artists and craftspeople
-research materials on themes represented in the house
-financial records relating to the purchase of the house and payments for materials and work
-photographic documentation of the building work

Contents of a folder labelled 'Designs with Ian Hamilton Finlay, 200 Year French Revolution (Miscellany)'

Includes:
-pencil drawing on tracing paper of a pyramid structure 1:50 scale
-A4 photocopies of the pyramid structure drawing
-A3 paper with variations on pyramids drawn in pencil and labelled [folded]
-A3 pencil on tracing paper plan of a courtyard garden with notes on the symbolism behind different aspects of the design. Signed Ian Hamilton Finlay and Charles Jencks.
-A3 pencil on tracing paper elevation drawing of a building with arches labelled 'Equality, fraternity, liberty', and plan drawing of stones inscribed with the names of french revolutionaries.

Contents of an envelope [retained] labelled 'French Revolution Design with Ian Hamilton Finlay' on the front; 'French Revolution: 200 years; Ian' on reverse. The envelope is addressed to Charles at 19 Lansdowne Walk from Stonypath, Little Sparta.

Includes:
-photocopied typescript titled Les Grandes Legnes du Project/Project D'Hommage A La Revolution Francaise et Aux Droits De L'Homme, 25 Sep 1986
-colour photo-lithograph card 'The present order is the disorder of the future Saint-Just' by Ian Hamilton Finlay and Nicholas Sloan for the Committee of Public Safety, Little Sparta [1983], annotated with reference to stone
-typescript letter from Ian on Stonypath, Little Sparta headed paper [signed], following up from a phone conversation and sending a parcel of publications, making reference to a work to be built near Paris and enclosing material relating to the Versailles project, a future motorway project, and a potential text-and-building project with Leon Krier, 1986
-typescript headed 'List of photographs'
-typescript with Little Sparta 15p stamp attached headed 'Circumstance' and 'Scenario' detailing a brief for a courtyard in front of "L'Hotel (which is not a hotel)"
-map showing Rue de L'Assemblee Nationale and Rye des Etats Generaux
-photocopies from an unidentified publication
-typescript letter from Conrad [Jameson] on 4 Sydney Place SW7 3NN headed paper [signed] suggesting how to represent "the living ideas that have come down to us from the French Revolution" in relation to architecture, and an invitation to tennis, 1986
-colour photographs of a courtyard, labelled
-rough sketch map in felt tip pen on tracing paper with key
-copy typescript letter from Charles to Ian sending plans and elevations, discussing Maggie's thoughts
-typescript letter from Ian to Charles on Stony Path Little Sparta headed paper [signed], sending enclosures to clear up phone discussions, as well as mention of a proposal for Sheffield, a request for Charles to contact Leon Krier on his behalf, and his desire to do printed versions of the Versailles and motorway projects so that they can go in his publications exhibition at the Bibliotheque Nationale, 1986
-photocopy published architectural plans with covering note from [Ian]
-photocopy typescript headed 'Propositions pour "Les Menus Plaisirs"'
-photocopy map showing Rue de L'Assemblee Nationale and Rye des Etats [Generaux], annotated with numbers
-enlarged photocopy architectural plans on A3 paper, folded
-pencil sketch plan with design details on A3 paper, folded
-pencil plan with details and design queries noted [possibly Maggie's handwriting] on A3 paper, folded
-photocopy entries on 'French Polish' and 'French Revolution, The' from an unidentified encyclopedia

Publisher: One World

Inserted:
-cutting, review by Steven Shapin from the London Review of Books 24 Jan 2019, annotated
-greetings card from John [address in Cork] enclosing [a book] and giving news of the approval of the sculpture in Dublin, 2018
-greetings card from David and John informing Charles of a poster in the Physics Department at Trinity College Dublin featuring his sculpture, 2018