A Selective Memoire LCC Central School of Arts and Crafts 1938-1942 1946-1948
Collection:CSM Museum & Study Collection
Date: December 2006
Artist: Francis Carr BA, FRSA (1919-2013)
Dimensions:
310 × 230 mm (31 × 23 cm)
Medium: card, paper, ink
Object number: B.2017.270.M
DescriptionA compilation of memories and works by Francis Carr:
p.1-3 reminiscences
p.4-6 photos of Carr and co students with some names attached
Lettering and illustration exercises 1939:
Book jacket for South African Rock Paintings
Book jacket for A Journal of the Plague Year
Cover design 1939:
Book jacket for Charles and Charlemagne
Typography and lithography project 1939:
Book jacket for Fontamara x2
Ruling pen exercise 1939:
Book jacket and illustrations for A Hundred Years of Steam Travel
Booklet design 1947:
Book jacket and illustrations for Dual Tubular Furniture
Book proposal for Penguin Books 1947-1948:
Photocopies of a book jacket and illustrations for Sea Life – related to P.2009.276.M and R.2009.313.M
Painting shown at the Central student’s sketch club and included in the Evening Standard exhibition:
Evening Standard newspaper cutting from 8 October 1941 of murals showing scenes of the countryside to be sent to London shelters, rest centre and hostels and a photograph of work by Carr
Sculpture 1946:
Photocopies of two photographs showing sculptured female torsos
Diplomas and testimonials:
Certificate showing Geza Dezso Spitzer passed the examination in drawing 1 August 1941; Temporary Diploma awarded to Francis Carr on completing his course in Illustration May 1948; the actual diploma awarded in June 1948; Programme of presentation of Diplomas 10 May 1949; Letter from RR Tomlinson, dated 14 April 1943, testifying to the fact that Geza Spitzer was a student at Central School of Arts & Crafts from September 1938; Two letters of recommendation from John Farleigh; Letter of recommendation from William Johnstone, dated 12 January 1949, certifying that Francis Carr was a full time student at Central school of Arts & Crafts
Jacket, cover and illustration commissions 1948-:
Laser copy of Lord Mayor’s Show poster 1950- client: London Transport
Printed cover of The London Book of English Prose (see also R.2009.418.M)
Printed covers of The London Book of English Verse x2 (see also F.2009.415-416.M; R.2009.417-418.M)
Original design for Leslie’s Memoirs of John Constable
Original design for The Renaissance in Italy
Original design for French XVIII Century Oainters
Original design for Cellini, an autobiography
Original design for The Journals of Eugène Delacroix
Printed cover of The Journals of Eugène Delacroix
Laser copy of design for Windsor Castle
Laser copy of printed cover for Windsor Castle
Printed cover for Realist Music
Printed cover for Greek Resistance Army
Original design for Georgette Heyer Detective Fiction (see also F.2009.420.M)
Printed cover for Who Made Me a Divider?
Original design for Indian Trade and Industry, vol.1 no.1
Printed cover for Indian Trade and Industry , vol.1 no.1
Printed cover for The Book Digest
Page of five small printed pen and ink illustrations
Printed flyer for the Claudia novels
Printed cover for Private Speech
Printed cover for The Magician
St Martin’s Day Nursery at Tulse Hill, 1966- client GLC Housing Division:
Laser copy of entrance hall details
Some land art projects 1970-:
Leaflet for a Retrospective exhibition at the Building Centre in 1993
Article about project in Kazakhstan (see MIS.2009.433.M)
Article about a sundial in Port Talbot (see MIS.2009.413.M)
Flyer about the Gnome at the Covent garden Festival in 2000 (see also MIS.2009.432.M.2)
Flyer about a competition organized by the United Nations in Lebanon ‘Seeing the South’, where Francis Carr was a member of the jury
p.1-3 reminiscences
p.4-6 photos of Carr and co students with some names attached
Lettering and illustration exercises 1939:
Book jacket for South African Rock Paintings
Book jacket for A Journal of the Plague Year
Cover design 1939:
Book jacket for Charles and Charlemagne
Typography and lithography project 1939:
Book jacket for Fontamara x2
Ruling pen exercise 1939:
Book jacket and illustrations for A Hundred Years of Steam Travel
Booklet design 1947:
Book jacket and illustrations for Dual Tubular Furniture
Book proposal for Penguin Books 1947-1948:
Photocopies of a book jacket and illustrations for Sea Life – related to P.2009.276.M and R.2009.313.M
Painting shown at the Central student’s sketch club and included in the Evening Standard exhibition:
Evening Standard newspaper cutting from 8 October 1941 of murals showing scenes of the countryside to be sent to London shelters, rest centre and hostels and a photograph of work by Carr
Sculpture 1946:
Photocopies of two photographs showing sculptured female torsos
Diplomas and testimonials:
Certificate showing Geza Dezso Spitzer passed the examination in drawing 1 August 1941; Temporary Diploma awarded to Francis Carr on completing his course in Illustration May 1948; the actual diploma awarded in June 1948; Programme of presentation of Diplomas 10 May 1949; Letter from RR Tomlinson, dated 14 April 1943, testifying to the fact that Geza Spitzer was a student at Central School of Arts & Crafts from September 1938; Two letters of recommendation from John Farleigh; Letter of recommendation from William Johnstone, dated 12 January 1949, certifying that Francis Carr was a full time student at Central school of Arts & Crafts
Jacket, cover and illustration commissions 1948-:
Laser copy of Lord Mayor’s Show poster 1950- client: London Transport
Printed cover of The London Book of English Prose (see also R.2009.418.M)
Printed covers of The London Book of English Verse x2 (see also F.2009.415-416.M; R.2009.417-418.M)
Original design for Leslie’s Memoirs of John Constable
Original design for The Renaissance in Italy
Original design for French XVIII Century Oainters
Original design for Cellini, an autobiography
Original design for The Journals of Eugène Delacroix
Printed cover of The Journals of Eugène Delacroix
Laser copy of design for Windsor Castle
Laser copy of printed cover for Windsor Castle
Printed cover for Realist Music
Printed cover for Greek Resistance Army
Original design for Georgette Heyer Detective Fiction (see also F.2009.420.M)
Printed cover for Who Made Me a Divider?
Original design for Indian Trade and Industry, vol.1 no.1
Printed cover for Indian Trade and Industry , vol.1 no.1
Printed cover for The Book Digest
Page of five small printed pen and ink illustrations
Printed flyer for the Claudia novels
Printed cover for Private Speech
Printed cover for The Magician
St Martin’s Day Nursery at Tulse Hill, 1966- client GLC Housing Division:
Laser copy of entrance hall details
Some land art projects 1970-:
Leaflet for a Retrospective exhibition at the Building Centre in 1993
Article about project in Kazakhstan (see MIS.2009.433.M)
Article about a sundial in Port Talbot (see MIS.2009.413.M)
Flyer about the Gnome at the Covent garden Festival in 2000 (see also MIS.2009.432.M.2)
Flyer about a competition organized by the United Nations in Lebanon ‘Seeing the South’, where Francis Carr was a member of the jury
