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Sketchbook created by Audrey Amiss containing pencil. These are in monochrome with annotations. Subjects include: customers at BHS restaurant in Croydon, Ed's Place on King's road .
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Audrey Amiss Archive

Audrey Amiss: sketch books

1 Volume spiral bound sketchbook, "Daler A Series"; 21.5 x 15 cm

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: orchestera, concert scenes and landscapes (1950s)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: still life, people, landscapes, buildings, and street scenes (1950s)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: street scenes, buildings, ships, people and animals (1950s)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: people and crowds and scenes (1950s)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: animals, street scenes and people (1950s)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: people, buildings, street scenes, and dogs (1950s)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: pattern and texture designs, people, scenes and interiors (1950s)

Audrey Amiss: Sketches removed from PP/AMI/B/7 for preservation reasons

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: plants and people (1950s)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: interiors, still life, people, and landscapes (1950s)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: people, scenes, and dogs (1950s)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: interiors, still life, people and buildings (1950s)

Audrey Amiss: Sketches removed from PP/AMI/B/10 for preservation reasons

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: flowers, trees, landscapes, still life, people, and interior scenes (1950s)

Audrey Amiss: Sketches removed from PP/AMI/B/11 for preservation reasons

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: London street scenes, people, still life, and dogs (1954)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: people, landscapes, still life, buildings, and street scenes (1954-1958)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: outdoor scenes and landscapes, people and houses (1958)

Audrey Amiss: Sketches removed from PP/AMI/B/14 for preservation reasons

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: scenery, trees, buildings and still life (1950s-1960s)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: scenery, trees, people, buildings and still life (1950s-1960s)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook:  scenes, parks and buildings (1960s-1970s)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: still life, trees, and people (1960s-1970s)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: London scenes, parks and buildings / Cornwall sketches (1960s-1970s)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: London / Isle of Skye / Seaburn sketches (1960s-1970s)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: London parks, scenes and people / Seaburn sketches (1960s-1970s)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: London parks, buildings and people / Holland sketches (1960s-1970s)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: London parks, people and scenes (1960s-1970s)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: still life and unknown subjects (1960s-1970s)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: trees, parks, buses, and still life (1960s-1970s)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: lines, dots, and block colours (1960s-1970s)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: Central London scenes (1960s-1970s)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: pencil sketches applied with pressure, with pastel and watercolour (c. Mar 1963)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: pencil sketches applied with pressure, with pastel and watercolour (1960s-1970s)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: pencil and pastel sketches applied with pressure (1960s-1970s)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: pencil sketches applied with pressure (1960s-1970s)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: still life, flowers, trees, and people (1960s-1970s)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: "The small bedroom" in Audrey's flat and other interiors (1960s-1970s)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: views from windows, still life and flowers (1960s-1970s)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: flowers and fruit bowl sketches applied with heavy pressure (1960s-1970s)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: monochrome and blue sketches applied with heavy pressure (1960s-1970s)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: still life, trees, plants, and people (c.1962)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: Clapham and Brixton Streets, and still life (1970s-1980s)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: Central London tourist sites and street scenes (1970s-1980s)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: Central London tourist sites and Billy Smart's Circus (1970s-1980s)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: London tourist sites, street and park scenes, Clapham streets, and still life (1970s-1980s)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: Central London and Clapham street scenes, and still life (1970s-1980s)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: Central London streets and people, scenes from Wales, and still life (1970s-1980s)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: London park scenes and still life (1970s-1980s)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: London scenes and views from windows (1970s-1980s)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: scenes around London and Clapham (1970s-1980s)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: scenes at hospital grounds, parks and plants, and seagulls (1970s-1980s)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: sketches from Shadwell, West Yorkshire (1970s-1980s)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: flowers, hospital scenes, parks, people, and Shadwell, West Yorkshire (1970s-1980s)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: National Film Theatre, Streatham, St James' Park, Clapham Common, and London Zoo (1970s-1980s)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: South London scenes and Remembrance service in Whitehall (1970s-1980s)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: Central London scenes, classical music concerts, Fulham football grounds (1970s-1980s)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: boat race, people, flowers, buildings and parks (1970s-1980s)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: people, plants, flowers, and animals at London Zoo (1970s-1980s)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: animals at London Zoo, seagulls, cars, and people (1970s-1980s)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: animals at the Zoo, Victoria Coach Station, Doctors' waiting room, and Shadwell, West Yorkshire (1970s-1980s)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: London scenes, Greater London Horse Show, birds, people and animals (1970s-1980s)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: people, London and Scarborough scenes (1970s-1980s)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: Central London scenes, St Pauls' Cathedral, and views from windows (1970s-1980s)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: London Zoo, Tooting Bec Hospital, a queue outside a baker's shop, Oxford Street Christmas shopping (1970s-1980s)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: London scenes, London Zoo, and Tooting Bec Hospital (1970s-1980s)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: people in St. James' Park and a band in Victoria Gardens (1970s-1980s)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: people and animals (1970s-1980s)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: Tooting Bec Hospital and London Zoo (1970s-1980s)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: Fulham v Sunderland, Mary Chipperfield Circus (1970s-1980s)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: Marks and Spencer's, Swiss Centre, Hyde Park, Clapham Common, Kew Gardens, "Stephen", Regent's Park, London Zoo (1970s-1980s)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: Streatham, London Zoo, shops, Tottenham Court Road, Festival Hall, Leicester Square, St James's Park (1970s-1980s)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: Pagoda at Kew, St James's Park, dahlia, "mam" writing a letter (1970s-1980s)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: St James' Park and Greater London Horse Show (c. Aug 1971)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: Central London, Sotheby's Auction Houses, and the National Film Theatre (c.1972)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: London scenes, FA Cup Final, Strike Day, and London Zoo (c.1972-1973)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: Central London scenes, buildings and traffic, with some sketches from Paris (c.1973)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: London shows, exhibitions, parades and sporting events (c.1973)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: London Zoo and central London scenes, as well as sketches from Beirut and Istanbul (c. Jul 1973)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: London Proms, London scenes, shops and buildings, parks and London Underground (1970s-1980s)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: London Zoo, and people, buildings and buses (c.1974)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: Olympic trials at Crystal Palace and scenes from a holiday in Romania (c. 1974)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: Central London street scenes, people, and traffic, and a football match between Fulham and Cardiff (c.1974)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: Cornwall scenes, football supporters, a pond in St. James's Park, and a performance at the Royal Court Theatre (c.1974)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: scenes from a football match, courtroom sketches, a concert at Queen Elizabeth Hall, Conservative Party rally, and London scenes (c. Feb 1974)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: courtroom sketches, 1974 General Election sketches, football match, and London scenes (c. Feb 1974)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: Football match, London scenes, people and animals, sketches from a holiday in Cornwall (c. Mar 1974)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: Ducks and birds in St James's Park, a cat, people, World Cup 1974, and a protest

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: Wimbledon tennis tournament scenes, St. James's Park, World Cup 1974, Royal Festival Hall (Jun 1974)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: Wimbledon tennis tournament scenes, coots at St James's Park (Jun 1974)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: St James's Park and holiday to France (Oct 1974)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: Christmas shopping, lights and crowds, St James's Park (Dec 1974)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: central London traffic, London Zoo, views from Audrey's living room window (Dec 1975)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: central London traffic, shops and people, train journey to Leeds, views from Audrey's living room window (Dec 1975)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: people and scenes on the London Underground, a classical music concert, animals at London Zoo (1975)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: Regent's Park, Trafalgar Square, and typing pool (Jan-Feb 1976)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: Regent's Park, St. James's Park and Green Park (Feb-Mar 1976)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: people around Ed's place at King's road (December 1995).

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: Crane Grove, Tiger Cactus, vinegar bottle and long Lake at kew gardens (December 1995-February 1997).

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: customers at a Coffee shop in Peter Jones (December 1995).

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: customers at a BHS cafe in Croydon (December 1995).

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: animal species around long Lake at Kew gardens (December 1995).

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: Hyacinths, Batman plant, Agnes Riley Park, plants in the garden and views from Audrey's widow (December 1995-February 1997).

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: Agnes Riley park, plants in the front garden, customers at Allders restaurant in Croydon (December 1995-January 1996).

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: customers at Allders restaurant in Croydon, Budgie & Canary at Balham Salvation Army Hall (January 1996).

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: cars around Holloway Prison, customers at Peter Jones coffee shop (January 1996).

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: customers at Peter Jones coffee shop (continued) (January 1996).

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: Ponies & Donkeys at Vauxhall Farm, Gravestones at a Church in Holloway road and flowers (Januay 1996).

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: Jonquils (January 1996).

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: activity around Strand law courts, animals at Vauxhall Farm (January 1996).

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: animals at Vauxhall Farm (continued) (January 1996).

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: St Mary Magdalen Churchyard, Balham Salvation Army Hall, Limehouse and King's road (January 1996).

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: king's road, Shepherds Hall at St Thomas' Hospital, activity around Fleet street (January-February 1996).

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: species at long Lake in Kew Gardens, Balham Salvation army  (January-February 1996).

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: traffic along Fleet Street, a Budgie and Canary at Balham Salvation army (February 1996).

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: animals around Vauxhall Farm, people at Locco in Limehouse, Holloway Prison (February 1996).

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: surroundings outside Holloway prison, Crockerton road in Springfield, bottles, Wimbledon (February 1996).

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: bottle of Dettol, activity around Katharine street in Croydon, Toms at St. Thomas' hospital (February-March 1996).

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: Ginghams at Kings Cross station, students at Hay's Galleria, St. Mary Magdalen Churchyard in Holloway road, Canary and a Budgie (March 1996).

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: Orchid show in Kew, Conrad hotel at Chelsea Harbour, St Mary Magdalen Church in Holloway road, Wimbledon Greyhound stadium (March 1996).

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: plants in the Conservatory at Kew Gardens, plant frogs and "Indian Seamen" (March-April 1996).

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: Orchid show at Kew gardens (continued), vinegar bottle (February 1996-February 1997).

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: Wimbledon Greyhound Stadium, St Andrew's church in Holborn, Fairfield Halls in Croydon, Golden Square (March 1996-April 1996).

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: Pansies, Fairfield Hall in Croydon, cowslip, Primrose, Golden Square and other plants (March-April 1996).

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: animals at Vauxhall Farm, plants & flowers, plant frogs, Clapham Common  (April 1996-May 1996).

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: Agnes Riley park, plants, Mount pond at Clapham Common and other areas (May 1996).

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: Agnes Riley Park, plants, Mount Pond, Marsh hill, Wandsworth Common (May 1996-May 1997).

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: plants, Tomato (May-June 1996).

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: animals around Mount Pond, pond at Agnes Riley park (May 1996).

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: Fenced pond at Agnes Riley park, Marsh Hill, activity around Mount pond, Rodenhurst road and Poynders road (May-June 1996).

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: trees and plants around Agnes Riley park, Tiger Cactus, Marsh Hill, Poynders road and the Churchyard at Holloway road (May-June 1996).

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: Dettol, flowers, scenery around Lincoln's Inn Fields, Garden frogs and other places of interest Audrey visited (June-July 1996).

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: scenery at Fairfield gardens, activity around Kings Cross station, customers at Allders restaurant (June 1996-May 1997).

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: flowers and Audrey's back garden (June-July 1996).

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: park at Marsh Hill, traffic around Bank, Mount Pond, Fairfield Gardens and other places of interest (June 1996-May 1997).

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: gardens around Poynders & Rodenhurst road, Limehouse, Waterloo and traffic around Fleet street (July 1996).

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: flowers & plants, Garden Toad and bird bowl, Crockerton road (July-August 1996)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: Fleet street, Victoria bus station, customers at Haagen Dazs, Wansdworth Common and other places of interest (July-September 1996).

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: Garden toad, Wandsworth Common, London Bridge Station, Golden Square, Soho Square (August 1996).

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: Tiger Cactus and other plants (August 1996).

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: potatoes, plants, tomatoes, tin can, onion, Agnes Riley park, bottles and Romanian mug (August 1996-April 1997).

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: plants, red potatoes, surroundings of Homerton Hospital, Lamdor road, Hackney Hospital, bubble bath (August 1996-January 1997).

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: surroundings around Homerton & Hackney Hospital, plant Frogs, Limehouse, animals at Vauxhall Farm and other areas of interest (September-October 1996).

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: Pigeons around Tower Hill, Mount Pond, customers at Peter Jones coffee shop, Homerton Hospital, animals at Vauxhall Farm (September 1996).

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: customers at Peter Jones coffee shop, Sloane Square, St Mary Magdalene Churchyard, Florabunda florist (September 1996-January 1997).

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: large bottle of Dettol, St Mary Magdalene Churchyard, Domestos bleach, plants (October-November 1996).

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: St Mary Magdalene Churchyard, park around Homerton Hospital, objects around the house, plants and flowers, Balham High road (October 1996-March 1997).

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: plants (November-December 1996).

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: plants, small faces, spray, Organic Carrot, Parsnip, Potatoes (December 1996-January 1997).

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: flowers and plants in Florabunda, spray, jar, Brixton Hill, cars at Lyham road, pond at Clapham Common and other places of interest (January-March 1997).

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: flowers and plants, bottle of Dettol, Bramble spray, Pepys garden, Tomato and other places of interest (May-June 1997).

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: Pepys garden, Seattle Coffee Co in Mayfair, Wandsworth Common, Vauxhall Farm, Mount pond and other places of interest (June-November 1997).

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: plants in the house and on the window ledge, Bishop's park in Fulham, house block ends in Chelsea, St Mary Magdalene Churchyard (June-August 1997).

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: trees around Clapham Common, customers at Seattle Coffee shop, animals at Vauxhall Farm, Bishop's park, "Lococo," McDonalds, Sloane Square (June-July 1997).

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: Sloane Square, Hampstead High street, Chelsea Harbour, Bishop's park, St Thomas' tea room, Tottenham Court Road and other places of interest (July-August 1997).

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: traffic along Tottenham Court road, St Mary Magdalene Churchyard, activity around the pond at Wandsworth Common, Kings Cross, Royal Marsden Hospital (August-September 1997).

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: flowers and plants in the front Garden, traffic around Marsh Hill, Homerton High Street, activity around Putney and other places of interest (September-November 1997).

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: St Mary Magdalene Churchyard, trees around Berkeley Square, trees and plants around Audrey's house and garden (October 1997-January 1998).

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: leaves, flowers and plants (October-December 1997).

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: activity around Piccadilly Circus, Hubert Grove, Church of St John, Wimbledon Greyhound Stadium, Vauxhall Farm (November 1997-January 1998).

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: Gym, flowers along the wall, activity around S.W Hospital, Church of St John (December 1997).

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: birds on Mount Pond, Brixton Road, Putney, Mayfair, Regent Street, Vauxhall Farm, Dorchester (January-February 1998)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: "crusader", cactus, jonquils, wax plant, back garden, flowers (January-February 1998)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: Dorchester, Vauxhall Farm, Plough Lane, Royal Marsden, cooking apple, Clapham Common, Hackney, Croydon (January-March 1998)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: flowers and plants in the front & back garden, Agnes Riley park, vegetables & fruit and sugar basin (February-April 1998).

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: restaurant at the Royal Marsden, Hackney, Balham, Whitgift Centre in Croydon, Wimpy in Streatham, Eagle pond (February-July 1998).

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: activity around Hampstead, Hackney, Clerkenwell Green, scenery around Clapham Common and other places of interest (March-July 1998).

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: Golden Square, Tomato & Pepper, flowers and plants around the House and garden, Lemons, Onions, Garden Toad and Crystal Palace (April-June 1998).

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: Green Pepper & Tomato, big Bedroom, Begonia, "waxy Devil" Cactus, Blue Nun, flowers in the front Garden, Peaches, Nectarines & Plant Frogs (June-August 1998).

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: Poynders Road, Clapham Common, Balham High Road, Tooting Gardens, Brixton, Eagle Pond, red pepper, Gingham's, Battersea Park, Allder's restaurant, St Mary Magdalene churchyard (July-November 1998)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: Eagle Pond, "MacDonald's" in Brixton, Allder's restaurant, Mount Pond, Battersea Park (August-October 1998)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: bananas, peppers and onions, back garden, carnations, "plant frogs", Clapham Common, living room window, wax plant, cooking apples (September-November 1998)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: flamingoes, Camden Town, Leadenhall Market, McDonald's in Brixton, Royal Free Hospital, Agnes Riley Park (November 1998-January 1999)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: St Mary Magdalene churchyard, London Zoo, winter pansy, Moscow State Circus, Clapham Common, Hampstead, Belsize Park, Agnes Riley Park (November 1998-January 1999)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: apples and bananas, hyacinths, crocuses, toad, tiger plant, milk bottle, jug, plant pot, carnations (November 1998-February 1999)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: Wandsworth Common, carnations, hyacinths, violets, bed settee (February-March 1999)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: Wandsworth Common, Poynders Road, living room and kitchen, flowers, furniture (February-April 1999)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: kitchen items, window views, banana, rhubarb, violets, roses (April-May 1999)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: living room window, plants and flowers, park in Homerton, kitchen items, Gingham's, King's Cross taxi rank (April-July 1999)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: cacti, wax plant, Devon violet, kitchen items (May-July 1999)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: back garden, bedroom window, Agnes Riley park, King's Cross, Clerkenwell Green, St George's Hospital, Golden Square, London Zoo, Berkeley Square (July-August 1999)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: King's Cross, Oxford Circus, Lococo, Mount Pond, Eagle Pond, Starbucks Mayfair, Gingham's, Wandsworth Common, McDonald's Victoria station (July-September 1999)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: frying pan, wax cactus, milk bottle, Blue Nun, fruit and vegetables, living room window, garden toad (July-August 1999)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: tomatoes and peppers, window sills, London Zoo, Balham High Road, garden toad, tiger cactus, roundabout (July-September 1999)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: garden toad, bedroom window sill, kitchen items, carnations, table and chairs, St Mary Magdalene churchyard (August-September 1999)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: Gingham's at Victoria and King's Cross, Burger King at Piccadilly Circus, Peter Jones, Sloane Square, Royal Free Hospital (September-November 1999)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: views of Audrey's house and garden, plants on window sill, items on kitchen table (September-November 1999)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: Soho Square, Hazelbourne Road, Clapham Common, Cavendish Road, Clarence Avenue, Poynders Road, Abbeville Road, living room window (October-November 1999)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: cafes in Royal Free Hospital and Victoria Station, Whitgift Centre, Burger King at Piccadilly Circus, buses and traffic around Piccadilly Circus (November-December 1999)

Audrey Amiss sketchbook: customers at BHS restaurant in Croydon, Ed's Place on King's road (December 1995).

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Audrey Amiss sketchbook: customers at BHS restaurant in Croydon, Ed's Place on King's road (December 1995).

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