Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 10-3-1908 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
Legal document paper; 3 pages; Typescript, manual ink insertions / pencilled corrections; brass stable top left corner
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
1908: drew up and witnessed lease document for The Studio in St Ives
Repository
Archival history
RCDEAA holding: XNP9, File 5, St Ives
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Lease of a building for a "Studio situate near the Alms House in the East Street" from 6 April 1908 for 3 years for £20 per annum payable n equal parts on 11 October and 6 April. Agreement between George Albert Smith (St Ives, Tailor) and Frederic [sic] George Cotman (Hemingford Abbots, Artist). Signed by Fredric [sic] George Cotman, witnessed by William Cook, Architect, Ipswich. Signed by George Albert Smith, witnessed by Geo. D Day, Solicitor, St Ives.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
PA38
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
paper: 255mm x 305mm opened out; 104mm x 255mm folded twice
Good condition.
Notes area
Note
in pencil lightly written on back of last sheet:
"now £32 - [illegible]
£28
£10
Appro[?]
If we put floor right he will pay £5 and the next year full rent & all other[?] things square"
no indication of author, or date, but the Studio had a long history of debate over its maintenance.
Alternative identifier(s)
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Cotman, Frederic George Mr (Subject)