| Admin/Biog History | Inter-war period architecture was a subject which Stamp was researching throughout his career, and his widow Rosemary Hill published his manuscript posthumously: Stamp, G. and Hill, R. (foreword by.) (2024) Interwar : British architecture 1919-39. London: Profile Books.
Raymond Myerscough-Walker, was an architectural draughtsman, artist and architect. J. Mordaunt Crook, and his wife Susan Mayor put Stamp in contact with Myerscough-Walker, after Stamp had been unable to make contact when researching Stamp, G. (1982) The great perspectivists. London: Trefoil books published in association with the Royal Institute of British Architects. (RIBA drawings).
Stamp organised an exhibition of Myerscough-Walker's work and drawings at the Architectural Association, 18 Jan-11 Feb 1984. Stamp undertook the research, writing of the catalogue, and the locating of material for the exhibition.
Charles Hudson Kearley (1904-1989), was an English property developer and art collector. In 1936, Kearley asked Myerscough-Walker to make drawings of a design by Minoprio & Spenceley. This was the beginning of a lifelong friendship, with Myerscough-Walker fostering Kearley's interest in modern art, architecture and design.
Stamp wrote obituaries for both Myerscough-Walker and Kearley. |
| Image Caption | Letter from Myerscough Walker, dated 25 Jun 1983, concerning recollections of working in the thirties |