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ABSI - Jesuits in Britain Archives
SJ - Members of the Society (Cataloguing in progress)
21 - Fr Martin Cyril D'Arcy SJ (1888-1976)
13 - Objets D'Arcy
Repository
Jesuits in Britain Archives
Ref No
ABSI/SJ/21/13/2
Title
Queen Mary Stuart's Triptych
Date
1947-1973
Level
File
Description
This file deals with the travelling altarpiece of Mary, Queen of Scots. It contains correspondence mostly 1954-1958 regarding disputed ownership of the triptych with the following correspondants: Fr Vavasour SJ, Fr Philip Caraman SJ, D'Arcy; Oswald, Goodier & Co and A Cox. There is also a photocopy letter from the Victoria & Albert Museum dated 1971 requesting loan of the altar and there are notes, some by D'Arcy, about the history of the item, a description of the Triptych & German plate and description of triptych magazine extract as well as an exhibition guide for 'Enamels: the XII to the XVI Century' in the Martin D'Arcy Gallery which includes a description of the triptych. There is also a newspaper clipping from the 'Empire News' dated 1951. There are also a few black and white photographs of the triptych.
Format
Manuscript
Photocopy
Photograph
Publication
Typescript
AccessConditions
The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to archive material in the Jesuits in Britain Archives.
Persons
Code
PersonName
Dates
DS/UK/241
Caraman; Philip (1911-1998); Jesuit Priest
1911-1998
DS/UK/1129
Vavasour; Francis (1900-1981); Jesuit Priest
1900-1981
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