Notes, Leo Bestall
Maker
Bestall (MBE) Leonard Delabere
Production date
1939-1943
Object detail
Brief Description
Miscellaneous notes by Leo Bestall.
a) Yellow sheet of handwritten notes in blue ink which may be from a draft copy of Tea and Biscuits.
b) Pink covered notes Public Service book with E E Bush on cover. However, the handwriting is Bestall's and the notes are about Egyptian history, art, museums etc and some miscellaneous notes.
c) Three sheets of Church Army Letterhead. Page 1 is titled: List of people for Sunday Night; page 2 is titled: Felucca Party; page 3 is dated 24 July 1943.
d) Two sheets of paper demonstrating the progression from hieroglyphics to the Latin characters for the letters T and a. The paper used for this has been recycled from Bestall's Royal New Zealand Air Force Civil Reserve certificate, dated 11 August 1939.
a) Yellow sheet of handwritten notes in blue ink which may be from a draft copy of Tea and Biscuits.
b) Pink covered notes Public Service book with E E Bush on cover. However, the handwriting is Bestall's and the notes are about Egyptian history, art, museums etc and some miscellaneous notes.
c) Three sheets of Church Army Letterhead. Page 1 is titled: List of people for Sunday Night; page 2 is titled: Felucca Party; page 3 is dated 24 July 1943.
d) Two sheets of paper demonstrating the progression from hieroglyphics to the Latin characters for the letters T and a. The paper used for this has been recycled from Bestall's Royal New Zealand Air Force Civil Reserve certificate, dated 11 August 1939.
Collection
Production date
1939-1943
Production place
Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Blue, black, and red ink, pencil, and crayon on paper.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 256 x 175mm
Height x Width: 166 x 118mm
Height x Width: 210 x 159mm
Height x Width: 228 x 137mm
Height x Width: 378 x 147mm
Height x Width: 166 x 118mm
Height x Width: 210 x 159mm
Height x Width: 228 x 137mm
Height x Width: 378 x 147mm
Classification terms
Subject person
Subject date
1934-1944
Credit line
from the Leo Bestall Collection
Other number(s)
37619
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