| Admin/Biog History | Hayes wrote an article on Jackson: Hayes, J. (1970) William Jackson of Exeter : organist, composer and amateur artist. The Connoisseur, 173, pp. 17-24. London: The Connoisseur. |
| Description | Includes:
-letter from S.M. Pratt, archivist, Devon Record Office, dated 12 June 1969, concerning some correspondence relating to Jackson printed in Notes and Queries. Also includes photocopied pages from Notes and Queries, volumes XXVI, 1955 & XXVII, 1956, two replies from Hayes, dated 26 June & 3 July 1969, and some associated notes
-Two letters from J.G. McIntyre, Lord Sorn, dated 27 July-3 September 1977, concerning a correspondence he had had with Trudi Jackon, a descendant of Jackson. Also includes a reply from Hayes, dated 31 August 1977, and photocopies of the full twenty-two letter correspondence between Lord Sorn and Trudi Jackson, dated 27 April 1971-22 February 1974
-five letters between Hayes, Ellis Waterhouse and Samuel C. Whitbread, dated between 13 March-9 April 1979, concerning a watercolour thought to be by Thomas Gainsborough by Whitbread but Hayes attributed it to Jackson. Also includes a transcript of a letter from 1833 to Egerton Smith from Thos. Cambria Jones in which he describes seeing Gainsborough sketches.
-letter from Amal Asfour, dated 9 September 1996, concerning various questions about works by Jackson. Also includes a reply from Hayes, dated 22 September 1996
-letter from David Scrase, The Fitzwilliam Museum, dated 12 August 1999, concerning the attribution of a work thought to be by Gainsborough that Hayes thinks is by Jackson. Also includes a photograph and a transparency of the work and a reply from Hayes, dated 14 August 1999
Also included are thirteen photographs and one photocopy of works by Jackson and some research notes. |