Memoirs of Lesley Lewis FSA

This material is held atSociety of Antiquaries of London

  • Reference
    • GB 118 LEL
  • Former Reference
    • GB 118 SAL/MS/901
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1990
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • pp. 229. Quarto. Computer print-out in green card covers, with spiral spine.

Scope and Content

'My Book', the unpublished memoirs of Lesley Lewis, VPSA, author of Connoisseurs and Secret Agents in Eighteenth Century Rome (1961), The Private Life of a Country House (1980), and articles on architecture; 1990. The memoirs describe the author's studies at the Courtauld Institute, but relate mainly to travel and her residence abroad, mostly in the Sudan, after her marriage to the medical entomologist, Dr David James Lewis (d. 1986). An autobiographical account of his life (from Antenna, 8 (1984), 117-22), obituaries, and list of his publications are appended.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Presented by the author, 1990.

Other Finding Aids

https://collections.sal.org.uk/lel