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  • The personal papers of Thomas Cooper Gotch (1854-1931) and Henry Scott Tuke (1858-1929)
  • The personal papers of the painter Henry Scott Tuke (1858-1929)

The personal papers of Thomas Cooper Gotch (1854-1931) and Henry Scott Tuke (1858-1929)

°Ú1848±Õ–1998

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This collection contains the personal papers of Thomas Cooper Gotch and Henry Scott Tuke which were donated to Tate together by Brian D. Price. Items from both sides of the collection have been digitised and are available to view online.

From Tuke's works, items available online includes: a diary documenting Tuke's daily life from 1899-1905; two paintings registers compiled by Tuke which provide a record of his paintings, and their exhibitions and sales from 1879-1934, featuring printed images of many of his works; selected sketch books, sketches and scrap books featuring art works made and signed by Henry Scott Tuke; and a series of photographs of Henry Scott Tuke and his family and friends, his house and studio in Cornwall, and models and boats which were subjects for his artworks. Together these items give an overview of Tuke's life and work.

Also available online are a range of Thomas Cooper Gotch's personal records including photographs, sketches, autobiographical notes and a diary written by his wife, Caroline Gotch, documenting a trip they took to Australia in 1884. When too old to fight in World War One, Gotch involved himself in the Newlyn Artists' Belgian Relief Fund, records from the Fund are included in this collection.

Details of the remainder of this collection can be found on the archive catalogue.

Collection Owners
Thomas Cooper Gotch 1854–1931
Henry Scott Tuke 1858–1929
Collection
Tate Archive
Acquisition
An initial donation of the papers of Tuke and Gotch was made to the Tate Archive by Mr Brian D. Price in 1990. Additional donations of related material were made in 1991, 1994 and 2002.
Reference
TGA 9019

201 objects in this collection

  • The personal papers of Thomas Cooper Gotch (1854-1931) and Henry Scott Tuke (1858-1929)

    201 Objects

    • The personal papers of the painter Henry Scott Tuke (1858-1929)

      161 Objects

      • Diaries

        1 Object

      • Paintings registers and papers relating to the sale of art works by Henry Scott Tuke

        2 Objects

      • Sketch books and art works

        14 Objects

      • Photographs

        144 Objects

    • The papers of Thomas Cooper Gotch (1854-1931)

      40 Objects

Title
The personal papers of the painter Henry Scott Tuke (1858-1929)
Date
°Ú³¦.1861±Õ–1997
Description
This sub-fonds contains two diaries kept by Henry Scott Tuke, his paintings registers and papers relating to the sale of his art works, sketch books and artworks, photographs, correspondence by and to Henry Scott Tuke, artists' materials; interviews with people who knew Tuke recorded in the 1960s, and miscellaneous personal papers, exhibition catalogues and press cuttings. The sub-fonds also contains transcripts of and indexes for Tuke's diaries and the paintings registers produced by the donor B.D. Price.
Reference
TGA 9019/1

Showing 81–100 of 161 objects

Photograph of Donald Rolph and Henry Scott Tuke’s dog Chippy on Newporth beach

Anonymous
[c.1921]

Photographs of Donald Rolph

Stanley Towsey
°Ú³¦.1921–2±Õ

Photograph of (right to left) Donald Rolph, Stanley Towsey and unidentified boy possibly Charlie Mitchell in Tuke’s dinghy

Anonymous
°Ú³¦.1921–2±Õ

Photograph of two young men

Anonymous
date not known

Photograph of Johnny Jacket (right) walking off a rugby field

Anonymous
date not known

Photograph of England Rugby XV

Anonymous
date not known

Photograph of the Symington family

Anonymous
date not known

Mounted photograph of group including Horatio Forbes Brown (back row, second right)

Anonymous
date not known

Portrait photograph of Horatio Forbes Brown’s mother

G. Contrini
date not known

Portrait photograph of Dr Tancock, Headmaster of Tonbridge School

Hugh Penfold
date not known

Mounted portrait photograph of Jim Dimond of Torcross

Smale & Son (Dartmouth, UK)
date not known

Photograph of Foudroyant boys in camp beds at Caldicot Castle

Geoffrey W.R. Cobb
date not known

Photograph showing Geoffrey W.R. Cobb (wearing white cap on left) on deck of the Foudroyant

Anonymous
date not known

Photograph of four men on grassy bank

Anonymous
date not known

Photograph of Jack Rolling

Anonymous
date not known

Mounted photograph of Francis Brewer, Joseph Parker and Jim Preece aged around 16 wearing sailor uniforms

Anonymous
[1921]

Photograph of Mrs Strout (Tuke’s housekeeper) holding her son Guy in the garden of Tuke’s Swanpool house

Anonymous
date not known

Photograph of Johnny Jackett wearing his England rugby cap and shirt

Osborne Studios Ltd (Falmouth, UK)
date not known

Photograph of Alfred A. De Pass

Anonymous
date not known

Portrait photograph of John and Colin Goodwyn of Hanwell.

Anonymous
date not known
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