Bundle of letters

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 133 NCN1/1/158
  • Dates of Creation
      6 Sep 1975-3 Sep 1980
  • Physical Description
      3 pieces; 10 sheets.

Scope and Content

Letters to Norman and Yvonne Nicholson from artist Percy [Kelly]. In /1 he describes the activities of himself, his wife Chris (another artist) and their family over the past year: they have moved to Pembrokeshire and opened the Gospel Lane Gallery in their cottage, and they planning an exhibition in Kendal. In /2 he tells Nicholson of an 18-year old boy on holiday in the area who named Nicholson as his favourite poet, and refers to: their recent exhibition in Nicholson's area which got little press coverage, but at which Nicholson purchased a wash drawing; the "deadly dull" local architecture in Pembrokeshire; another exhibition in Kings Lynn; and their decision to move house. In /3 he refers to their forthcoming move to Attleborough in Norfolk and the growing popularity of his artwork. The letters include a number of drawings.

Dated at: St David's, Pembrokeshire.

All 3 letters include envelopes; the stamps have been removed from those with /1 and /3.